[Harp-L] Re: Free Jazz Handbook

[David Fertig <drfertig@xxxxxxxxx>]

Oh lighten up friends!  I suspect Jazmaan was intending some ironic humor, there.  Can we spell "oxymoron"?  

And I've seen Jazmaan read a book (I think it was "Archie & Veronica Be-Bop at Pop's Chocolate Shoppe" or something like that.)

But don't forget many fine jazz players weren't book learners, like Louis Armstrong, for example.  And me, someday.

Frankly I am often bewildered by the number of people who approach jazz or blues as a process to be mastered by intellectual analysis.  Perhaps 'cause I got no tekneek or intallek.  OK.

Yes, many prefer booklearnin' for music.  Even blues, I guess.  But FOR ME, in terms of playing music, I figure if I need a book to get me there, it ain't much of a ride. Vive la difference.

SO Jazmaan, et al.: what do you think of a book titled, "The Rules and Methods of Playing Honest Gutsy Blues Harp."   Oops! Yikes!  I just swallowed a Special 20!

-Dave Fertig

From: Roger A Gonzales <gonz1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Free Jazz Handbook
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:24:26 -0700
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx

 You can't really be serious about this statement.  The best Jazz players in the world used books 
to study from.  
Regardless of idiom, books are necessary to learn from, especially when learning a musicians 
music like Jazz.

Regards,
Roger Gonzales

----- Original Message -----
From: "jazmaan@xxxxxxxxxxx" 
Date: Thursday, June 7, 2007 4:36 pm
Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Free Jazz Handbook
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx

> If you need a handbook to play free jazz, you should probably try 
> some other genre.
> _________________