[Harp-L] Re : re: jazz on a diatonic

["Hurricane Ramón" <party_man1@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Rainbow Jimmy sez :

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" I would contend that East West is jazz, along the lines of the modal Coltrane work and that Butterfield had a viable approach to jazz on the diatonic--without overblows or specially tuned harps. Ditto Work Song. "

Rainbow Jimmy 

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Hurricane sez :

Yep , too many time critics ( musicians & non players ) make  this stipulation or that about what diffines Jazz , The Blues , and the musicians who do play it or don't play it in their tunnel visioned and sometimes ( most of the time it seems to me ) blind eyes and or deaf ears .

And then some one as off the wall as Monk jumps in -- need I say more .


Jazz is diffined by the players and those who either dig some ones chops or don't simply put .


Louis Armstrong , many don't think of as a Blues musician and only think of him as a Jazz man while there were many from the school of Dizzy and his take on Bop and those who were in Dizzy's camp considered Louis not to be a " Jazz " musician ( or a really gooooooood Jazz man ) and only a Blues musician - - now that kind of mentality sounds like $h&t to me . Later Dizzy showed profound respect for Louis on there very first public playing encounter - - It was recorded too for posterity :)

Music is a giant big box and inside this treasure chest box lay the gems of music , take your choice , if it's daimonds yor after  so be it , if it's gold your after right on , and then there  are those want and like diamonds and gold and silver and what ever  because each of the treasures ( jazz , Blues . et all ) are all individually wonderful and valid to those who validate them .


A Rose is a Rose is a Rose , call it a cactus , call it a cucumber call it what you may - - it still smells wonderful don't it .

Rainbow Jimmy , your in my musical neighborhood man right on right on right on !

Sincerely : 

H . R .


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