In Reply to: Something Different posted by GEO on December 6, 2016 at 08:45:49:
I listen to a very wide variety of jazz as well as a wide variety of other idioms, according to my mood at the time. No need to limit listening at all.Blow off listening to Coleman Hawkins/Prez/Ben Webster/Gene Ammons etc. and just listen to guys around after the previous generation died? Blow off Duke to listen to Darcy - blow off Gil to listen to Maria Schneider? Blow off Miles and just listen to Pelt. Idiotic.
Jazz is a continuum. No Armstrong, no Dizzy. No Coleman Hawkins, no Rollins. No Bill Evans, no Bill Charlap. The author, while no doubt well meaning, has gone off the edge.
Edits: 12/06/16
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- No reason why ya can't listen to both old and new, dead and alive. - Rick W 13:14:01 12/06/16 (4)
- Well said, Rick. - rbolaw 17:00:01 12/06/16 (0)
- RE: No reason why ya can't listen to both old and new, dead and alive. - GEO 16:50:00 12/06/16 (2)
- I know, but that guys's rap/methodology to get new artists heard and appreciated sucks. - Rick W 19:24:49 12/06/16 (1)
- RE: I know, but that guys's rap/methodology to get new artists heard and appreciated sucks. - GEO 09:23:29 12/07/16 (0)