Re: Horns shredd pollock roadmap

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

On 23 maj 2007, at 23.04, Richard Sales wrote:

> Charlie Parker wasn't real huge on pauses.  But, for my taste, I do  
> like music more that knows the value of silence.

"Not huge on pauses"... he, he... he was a shredder!!!! ;-))  I've  
listened up on those reissued rehearsal recordings as well as live  
recordings and he not only played extremely fast but also quite out  
of sync related to his bandmates. And that's what I think is so cool  
with Bird. That guy is a typical example of how fast playing with no  
pausing is used "as an effect" or, if you prefer, to make a brilliant  
personal statement. I think Bowie is also a good example of a  
musician with his own statement so strong that it actually "sounds  
good" even when singing completely out of tune in a technical sense.  
I mean, he can be a half note off and it just sounds perfect because  
he communicates THE GESTURE so well that everyone understands where  
he is aiming and the fact that he only gets halfways is what makes it  
so dramatic. Should he hit those notes right on it would be just  
lame. Like those horrible old Michael Bolton tracks. That specific  
twist, the power of justifying the forbidden, is what interests me  
the most in music. Whenever you hear something great and it suddenly  
hits you - "my god this would really look like crap if written down  
as a score" - those are the moments...

per