[Dixielandjazz] Improvisation

[John Farrell]

Brian Harvey, using his grading formula for jazz musicians
(soul/creativity), awarded Alton Purnell 80/20. You are being very generous
Brian - my clapometer registered 2/1.

John Farrell
http://homepages.tesco.net/~stridepiano/midifiles.htm

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Harvey" <brer.rabbit at tiscali.co.uk>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 10:53 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Improvisation


>
> One of the problems about improvisation seems to occur when a musician has
> an over abundance of technique over what I might call 'soul' or
creativity.
> This leads to the objectionable exhibitions of pure technique which have
no
> place in jazz. The ideal make up of a jazz musician would probably be one
> who has equal measures of technique and soul/creativity. We can analyse
the
> "greats" using this formula and come up with interesting results. Louis
for
> example would probably be 50/50 as would Charlie Parker. Wynton Marsalis
on
> the other hand would probably be 30/70. And then take a pianist liker
Alton
> Purnell of the George Lewis-Bunk Johnson bands - he would probably be
80/20.
> No doubt others will take up this thread and disagree with me - but that's
> what this forum is about.
> I look forward to hearing the ideas of others better qualified than I.
> Brian Harvey