Re: [Harp-L] video- CHEROKEE by Yvonnick Prene



You certainly didn't overstate Steve. I'm like you. Set in my ways. And I don't see the point of listening to notes that don't speak to me. 

sir joe Leone

On Sep 27, 2014, at 5:04 PM, Steve Webb wrote:

> Well, I may have overstated. I wasn't really mixing them up, but you are right, I do like some forms of music that would probably be classified as jazz. And I try to remain open to anything music. But I'm old now, and my brain seems to like what it has liked for a long time.
> Steve in Minn.
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Sep 27, 2014, at 1:16 PM, Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> I think you're mixing up jazz with bee-bop Steve. Progressive jazz isn't as hard charging as bee-bop. First of all, there's a 'head' that you can recognize. Then the solos are broken up and never 7 verses long. 
>> When you run a solo out too long, people tend to get overloaded. Some say that bee-bop ruined jazz. Because (some say) that once this level of expertise was achieved, people exPECTED that level from then on. 
>> I have had an ear on Mr. Prene for several years, and consider him one of the best technicians around. The first thing that always enters my mind when I hear someone THIS good is: 'What else do they do? Is this their life'?.
>> And, of course, no one should be jealous. Because think of the 'mileage' this phenom has put on harp. 
>> 
>> smo-joe..just an opine
> 





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