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In Reply to: RE: The future of Jazz posted by Cpwill on February 19, 2022 at 08:56:44
This is going to be considered heresy, and probably laughed at. But here
goes.
I listen to a LOT of bluegrass when I'm not listening to jazz. And I'm
here to tell you that the average bluegrass musician is a lot more
proficient on his instrument that is the average jazz musician on his.
The exception is bass. And a whole lot of the bluegrass guys can and do
easily crossover into jazz. Check it out for yourself. Try listening to
the bluegrass channel on Sirius XM. You might be very surprised.
Whether or not you can observe a thing depends upon the theory you use. It is the theory which decides what can be observed. - Albert Einstein
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Edgar Meyer. Crosses seamlessly between Bluegrass and Classical with an ease and virtuosity that boggles the mind.
I am not necessarily questioning if you are correct or not because that is as irrelevant as your post was to my original post.
OTOH, I grew up in Washington, DC, which from the early 70s into the early 80s, was the bluegrass capital of the, as far as radio play, club dates, proximity to festivals, bands based in the area, as musician moved down from them their hills. I know bluegrass, I grew up on it. I also know Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer from our associations with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. There are certainly some technically proficient and talented players. Sierra Hull and Molly Tuttle in the younger generation as well.
But all that has nothing to do with my OP. There are some great young Jazz players. My point was as simple as that. To bring in other genres is like debating weather chocolate, vanilla, or Sicilian pistachio gelato taste better.
"Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once." - John Coltrane.
Cpwill
You are consistent.
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