Re: Re: [Harp-L] Required Reading --- A Love Supreme

["Chris Michalek" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Popper is in no way like 'Trane. Howard Levy is very much like Coltrane. I'm even seeing parallels between both musician's later periods.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tim Moyer [mailto:wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 07:28 PM
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Re: [Harp-L] Required Reading --- A Love Supreme
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>The Boss wrote:
>> I guess my question is how does any of this serve the needs 
>> of the thread? It seemed to me this list of lists got started 
>> so people could share their personal thoughts about music 
>> that had some sort of profound effect on them. I don't know 
>> that I'd ever feel comfortable criticising anyone's choices in 
>> music. If what you want is for people to not take risks in 
>> posting this is a great way to get there. I was finding it 
>> very interesting to read about the music that people were 
>> effected by. I'm hoping this is just a minor blip in the road 
>> and this whole discussion rights itself and continues in the 
>> previously personal and fascinating way it began.
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>As much as I recognize the indelicacy of the comments regarding 
>someone's choice of a particular recording as being influential 
>(how's that for diplomatically vague?), I think there is some 
>validity in discussing that choice. If we leave out the personality 
>issues, I find the discussion of Coltrane's work pretty 
>interesting. 
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>I've personally long been conflicted about Coltrane. I respect his 
>abilities, and in some contexts I've heard him shine, but many times 
>he leaves me exhausted and confused. I love his work with Monk, who 
>I think provided him a delightfully playful structure in which to 
>flex his considerable muscle. Likewise, I think he was sometimes a 
>wonderfully energetic counterpoint to Miles Davis.
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>I realize this is a stretch in a harmonica forum, but we might make 
>comparisons between the debate over Coltrane's style and that of a 
>certain harmonica player who's name shall not be mentioned. Mind 
>you, I'm not saying those two are in any way similar as far as their 
>impact on music as a whole, but the discussion of style versus 
>technique is very similar. 
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>Maybe if we can leave out the profanity and the assumptions about 
>people tastes we can actually find some value in this offshoot of 
>the thread. 
>
>-tim
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>Tim Moyer
>Working Man's Harps
>http://www.workingmansharps.com/
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