Jelly Roll plays with an absence of ego - (a rarity these days).
Absence of
ego = musical magic.
The Iceman
In a message dated 6/9/2008 3:44:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
orupert@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Jelly is a master.
Quite often becoming a master involves a process of addition: whereby
more techniques, skills, qualities, experiences etc. are
accumulated and
added, enhancing the doer. A lot can be accomplished this way.
Another way involves subtraction: whereby the work is still done, the
materials and techniques learned, and rather than adding, they
serve to
subtract, or remove any blocks, difficulties, preferences etc. so that
the material, the song, the music, the feeling -- can emerge pure.
Jelly's not a harmonica player, but a human being, who witnesses what
that means and enables that to breathe through this tiny instrument-
bending, swooping, wistfully twisting, pausing and fluttering....all
without a hint of pretense.
http://www.jellyrolljohnson.com/
--
Rupert Oysler
www.seydelusa.com
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