Re: zen and flatulent music (Marsalis Brothers)

[ArsOcarina@aol.com]

Kris,

In a message dated 7/16/05 10:41:56 AM, kris.hartung@hp.com writes:

> Tangential comment...I thought it was interesting when on public TV,
> Bradford Marsalis called Cecil Taylor's work self indulgent bullshit....
> just goes to show how a very accomplished musician who is very 
> adept at jazz and improvisation can be completely indifferent to a
> form of free jazz on the far end of the spectrum. Sort of funny that he
> said that on TV, that history of jazz series program that came out on
> DVD and VHS.

I thought that was Winton, not Branford. Oh well. While I've mildly 
enjoyed some of the Marsalis brothers' stuff from time to time, Winton 
is a much better classical player than a jazz player IMOHO. He's got
amazing technique but is a bit bloodless for my taste -- and a bit 
of a "jazz nazi" on top of that. A prominent music critic friend 
of mine refered to him as a "musical necrophilliac" in print once.
The Marsalis brothers seem to make a habit of dissing their betters.
A trait that does not endear them to some folks.

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