[Dixielandjazz] Lightning Rods, Factionalism and Monk
Rob McCallum
rakmccallum@hotmail.com
Tue, 16 Jul 2002 02:44:17 -0400
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Hello all,
The gray cloud of jazz factionalism has returned to our list (I suppose =
it never really goes anywhere). I would love to see it dissipate into, =
at least, a respect for all the various styles of jazz as we approach =
the fiftieth anniversary of Charlie Parker's death, the man who =
respectfully said that he didn't play anything that Pops hadn't already =
played. Of course, that's asking a lot. I wonder if Connie Kay is =
working on the plumbing in Heaven or that other place because Sidney =
Bechet refused to let a "modernist" sit in with him. Of course, John =
Lewis is there now too assisting him and Dizzy and Miles in destroying =
what was once jazz in the afterlife as they did here on earth. I'm sure =
that Bird and Diz and Lester excitedly told Gershwin about all the new =
and intersting melodies and improvisations they came up with for his I =
Got Rhythm changes and he flared up at them and said "how dare you =
trifle with my melodies like that? What are those? Substitution chords? =
Away heathens!! How could you do this? IT IS WRONG. I'll tell you the =
same thing I told Whiteman when he hired that bum Beiderbecke, it isn't =
supposed to sound like that. Go play with that infantile Monk and his =
blues cliche tune (because we all know that there are no cliches in a =
blues melody)." =20
Building a bridge to a brighter tomorrow (or a short pier to take a long =
drive off of),
Rob McCallum
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returned to=20
our list (I suppose it never really goes anywhere). I would love =
to see it=20
dissipate into, at least, a respect for all the various styles of jazz =
as we=20
approach the fiftieth anniversary of Charlie Parker's death, the man who =
respectfully said that he didn't play anything that Pops hadn't already=20
played. Of course, that's asking a lot. I wonder if Connie =
Kay is=20
working on the plumbing in Heaven or that other place =
because Sidney Bechet=20
refused to let a "modernist" sit in with him. Of course, John =
Lewis is=20
there now too assisting him and Dizzy and Miles in destroying what was =
once jazz=20
in the afterlife as they did here on earth. I'm sure that Bird and =
Diz and=20
Lester excitedly told Gershwin about all the new and intersting melodies =
and=20
improvisations they came up with for his I Got Rhythm changes and he =
flared up=20
at them and said "how dare you trifle with my melodies like =
that? What are=20
those? Substitution chords? Away heathens!! How could =
you do=20
this? IT IS WRONG. I'll tell you the same thing I told =
Whiteman when=20
he hired that bum Beiderbecke, it isn't supposed to sound like that. Go =
play=20
with that infantile Monk and his blues cliche tune (because we all know =
that=20
there are no cliches in a blues melody)." </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Building a bridge to a brighter =
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