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In Reply to: Should I? Maybe not. Ah, why not. posted by opinionated on April 30, 2007 at 12:06:36:
I'm a BIG lover of Evans. I like some of Mehldau's stuff quite a bit, and have never "warmed" to Metheny's music particularly.Having said that, I just wanted to add that I think the following lacks logic: that Metheny is essentially saying that Evans (or Chopin) is an evolutionary footnote does not follow from his saying he doesn't care for Evans' music (and, of course, maybe he doesn't care for Chopin's either). One has to do with to do with history, evolution, influence, development, impact, etc. The other is simply about personal taste.
Interesting to me, too, that the fellow called these guys "ego maniacal", but signed his letter "Respectfully..."
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.....I can honestly say that I don't know any jazz players, at least in the crowd that I do know which is pretty extensive, that likes BM's playing. In fact his name is hardly mentioned. I realize that is not a reason for me not to appreciate his work. I chose not to on my very own. There is also a generational difference in how jazzers act now as opposed to how they were in my salad days. I think Rick's post about dissing other cats was much more prevalent years ago, in fact guys like Miles and Lester Bowie were pretty decent examples. It doesn't happen as much now in public as it used to. It happened a lot years ago including on the stage and in the mags like Down Beat and Metronome. I also know some critics who write one thing for publication and say other things in private. Maybe the cats are nicer now but I also know that it's harder to get a gig if you say too much about other players.I don't think there's anything wrong in expressing a negative opinion. It doesn't preclude others from digging the player that you don't dig. Besides that, I posted that email because there was no jazz chatter happening on this site at the time and it did get something going. Maybe it's madness but it did stir the pot!
Respectfully?
Sure...I don't have a problem with negative opinions. I personally don't enjoy reading stuff in which people are called names, however; that's all, and I think it's disrespectful of the fact that most of us are pretty much doing the best we can in life. Your post didn't strike me as disrespectful in the least, by the way.In any case, my main point had to do with the logic of that particular part of the guy's post. I merely think that Metheny's taste has nothing to do with evolution, Chopin, or anything else (at least as far as I can tell : )
Thanks for the response; and also for the information about jazz players' opinions about Mehldau's playing. I like some of it, and don't like some of it.
.....although it's nice that Mr. Mehldau is playing in CA.
Now I open myself up as usual because I will be putting some music on my site. It's time again.
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