[Dixielandjazz] Lisatening to music

[Russ Guarino]

A guitarist friend of mine once said he listens to classical music after a jazz
gig to "de-tox".

Russ Guarino

Steve barbone wrote:

> "Cees van den Heuvel" <heu at bart.nl> wrore
>
> > Playing jazz music = sex!
>
> Not the way I do either. Are you sure you're doing them right? :-) VBG
>
> Great thread Jim. I think most musicians listen intently to most forms of
> music. Charlie Parker would stop outside the various clubs in NYC and say to
> you. "Do you hear that? Do you hear what those guys are doing?" And playing
> would be a country western band or other such group.
>
> If you asked Artie Shaw who he learned from, he would say, "the guy next to
> me." And if you talk music with our Guitar or Bass player, you will get an
> earful about classical music, the beauty of Brahms and why the current
> orchestras are ruining the improvisational songs of 18th century composers
> by writing everything out and leaving absolutely no room to improvise
> contrary to what composer intended.
>
> I still remember one night in the 1950s, returning from a gig with bassist
> Jack Fahey. (he was a regular at Nick's) I was driving and we tuned the
> radio into Symphony Sid, who was playing some great jazz into the wee hours
> of the morning. We drove past our respective houses and further out onto
> Long Island for two more hours just listening, before returning as the sun
> was coming up. It was a magical time. He passed away shortly thereafter.
>
> Like Russ G., I listen and drive at the same time. Seems that the visual and
> aural are disconnected in this instance and like him, now like to catch a
> classical station on the way home from gigs. When the drive home is an hour
> or so it gives me a chance to "come down" from the gig with some different
> sounds. Otherwise, when getting home, I cannot sleep because I'm still wired
> with flowing endorphins.
>
> Downside is that when I'm out with the wife, or friends socially, I'm tuned
> in to the background music, miss out on a lot of the conversation and am
> sometimes perceived as "stand-offish".
>
> My wife always explains to friends that I am a jazz musician and hear music
> very differently than most people we socialize with. She is right. How lucky
> that she has understood and put up with that for 42 years. (among other
> things)
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
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