Re: [Harp-L] Essential listening

[Rick Dempster <rickdempster33@xxxxxxxxx>]

No, Robert. Neither is Picasso, James Joyce, or Jimi Hendrix. Unfortunately,
the respective revolutions these people spawned produced a lot of wankers.
Many of them had great chops, but, as Oscar Wilde said of Aubrey Beardsley
"He has a beautiful line, but he doesn't know where to draw it."
I could go on, but unlike Aubrey.......
RD


On 22 April 2016 at 04:29, robert mcgraw <harpbob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> is coltrane a wanker?
>
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> I have something of a problem with 'modern' jazz, A lot of it sounds like
> wank to me (look that up in Australian slang if you don't get it) But David
> Therault's "The Deb" does it for me. I have the skills to imitate what he
> is playing, but only as a parrot. I don't really understand what is
> happening here. Is this a "blues"? (it's not "The Blues") ie a twelve bar
> that goes, basically I-IV-I-V-I (with maybe an implied VI-II-V-I in there
> somewhere) ?Is it in a minor key, or  major key? Is it in E major? It's a
> bit esoteric for me.What are the chord changes here?
> RD
> PS Smojoe  - help!
>
>
> On 18 April 2016 at 15:52, Rick Dempster <rickdempster33@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Oh yes! Thanks for reminding me. This is an outstanding diatonic
> > performance.
> > RD
> >
> > On 18 April 2016 at 12:31, <bad_hat@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWM-386OoVY
> >>
> >> Magic Dave Therault, The Deb
> >>
> >
> >
>