From: "mortone" Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 00:32:36 -1000 Subject: Re: Amplified harp myth technique vs. musical zen
More GOOD stuff..........
- ---------- > From: Brian Calway > To: Multiple recipients of list BLUES-L > Subject: Amplified harp myth technique vs. musical zen > Date: Wednesday, July 08, 1998 8:53 AM > > In a message dated 7/8/98 5:57:51 PM, jimbeaublu~otmail.com wrote: > > > > >BTW, I don't personally seek out virtuosic playing for its own sake. Day > >to day I listen to people like Little Walter, SBWII, Butterfield, > >Primich and Sugar Blue because I like them -- I prefer them. As good as > >they are, however, I know pretty much what they're doing. It takes > >someone like Howard Levy to cause my jaw to drop and say, "holy s***!"
> Howard levy is great, but boring to me, same for Sugar blue, I would much > rather hear Dave Therault for technical playing because he plays it with more > soul and feeling, in other words he can get technical but not just for > technical playings sake, he is making a valid musical statement IMHO. I love > Primich's playing, both walter's and both Sonnyboy's, I guess what I am saying > is I would rather hear a player for musicality than virtuosity. Not that I > don't like virtuoso playing, I appreciate levy and blue but I don't > particularly like what they are saying, OTOH I really like a guitar player > like John McLaughlin but don't like Larry Coryell or Al DiMeola, I really like > John Coltrane alot, but toward the end of his career I like him less( the > sheets of sound period), I appreciate the knowledge it takes to play what he > did, but the music sounds too chaotic to me, the same for Anthony Braxton, but > I really dig Eric Dolphy, even tho he goes outside, it just semms more musical > to me, of course this is all just subjective. > IMHO, HB
