[Dixielandjazz] Charlie Parker

[john petters]

Jerry said
> To me this is appaling unmusical crap produced by a demented follower of
one
> of the overrated musicians in the history of jazz music.
>
Jerry you are not alone. I can't see why there is such a fuss over Paker.
There is very little in him or Coltrane or the other 'modern' stylists to
interest me. When you can have Bechet, Hodges or Webster who told stories in
their solos, with relatively few notes, or of course the great Satchmo, why
all the fuss about the 'moderns' who completey neglect melody in order to
indulge their obvious technical prowess. Be Bop has done nothing to further
the development of traditional jazz (and I include Swing). Musicians playing
in the older styles would do better to spend their listening time absorbing
the above rather than the boppers and beyond. As Duke said " It Don't Mean A
Thing...."
John Petters
Amateur Radio Station G3YPZ
www.traditional-jazz.com