[Dixielandjazz] Chet Baker and Lack of Melody???

[Mike]

Well said Steve. Keep on keepin' on. Amen, amen

Mike

Steve Barbone wrote:
> Hi Bob:
> 
> Heck, they grow what I'm smoking right around the corner from you in Lodi.
> 
> Last time I listened, Louis, as great as he was, was not the, last word in
> jazz. Surely he and KO set the bar, but they did it by modifying existing
> "rules" and my guess is that they never considered themselves as "artists"
> who musical ideas must be followed in knee jerk fashion.
> 
> Listen also to his solo (Ambassador Satch) on Muskrat Ramble. His string of
> Operatic quotes has nothing to do with the melody of Muskrat Ramble, but it
> surely follows the chordal structure. :-) VBG.
> 
> Yes you should be able to follow the melody in soli if you choose, but you
> have a choice not to also . . . which he proves on that record.