Re: [Harp-L] That COLTRANE Thing.......

[IcemanLE@xxxxxxx]

I agree that Jason is on a similar path. While this is an interesting  
direction (sheets of sound) to take music, it doesn't hold my interest after a  few 
minutes - it exhausts my ear. I prefer musical line arching through chord  
changes of floating over sustained modes. Perhaps the difference might be that I  
like to hear a succinct sentence that enlightens me rather than someone using 
 all the words they can come up with as fast as they can to show all  the 
words that might possibly be used as choices to make a statement, or to  show how 
many fast patterns and licks they practice over and over.
 
Miles Davis would hire saxophonists that used LOTS of notes in order to set  
up a strong contrast to his own style of playing sparsely with succinct ideas. 
 One of his younger players, during Mile's last electric phase, asked him why 
 do you want me to play so many notes and Miles responded that the audience  
liked to watch the visual of the saxophone with fingers flying.
 
The Iceman
 
 
In a message dated 10/18/2008 12:28:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jack.wartell@xxxxxxxxx writes:

I
HAD  ALREADY HEARD TRANE'S FIRST LP AND HAD A SENSE OF WHAT  "SHEETS  OF
SOUND" WAS , BUT NOTHING REALLY PREPARED ME FOR WHAT I HEARD  LIVE!
I'VE TOLD JASON RICCI THAT HE REPRESENTS THAT TRADITION.  HE LIKED WHAT I
SAID

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