[Dixielandjazz] What is a 'musician's musician'?

[Patrick Cooke]

I think you're assuming that one who is technically proficient is
necessarily deficient in emotion.  I have a musician friend that feels that
way, and no one can convince him that fast passages or high notes have any
place in musical performances.  Technical  ability and emotion do co-exist
more often than not.
    I don't believe that all technically proficient musicians are just
athletes with no feeling or emotion.  In fact, I can't think of any that I
would put in that category.

Pat Cooke

----- Original Message -----
From: <Jazzjerry@aol.com>
To: <patcooke@cox.net>; <Jazzjerry@aol.com>
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Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] What is a 'musician's musician'?


>
> In a message dated 11/7/02 14:50:56, patcooke@cox.net writes:
>
> << Sorry Jerry.....
>
>      I'm a musician, and I have to agree with the other guys.
>
>      Pat Cooke >>
>
> I take that really as an agreement with my thoughts which are that
musicians
> consider technical ability in a player as more important than
non-musicians
> would consider the players ability. Or am I getting terribly confused? In
> other words do you consider technical ability as the most important aspect
of
> another musicians performance and that a brilliant technician will always
be
> better than one of lesser ability but greater emotion etc. in the
performance?
>
> Cheers,
> Jerry,
> Norwich,U.K.
>
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