[Dixielandjazz] Super Bowl Halftime

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

I'm with Chick Corea on this one,  and certainly all of his music is 
not appealing  to my personal musical tastes, nor mine to his I am 
sure, however when we played a festival together a few years ago he had 
the courtesy to tell us he enjoyed our show which followed his, and he 
certainly did not have to stick around to see and hear us.  He did and 
we were honored that he did, and I remember it every time I see the 
photos and realize how being open minded about all kinds of music has 
taken me to many places that otherwise I would never have been able to 
go.

"Music ain't nuthin' but a bunch of notes, it's what you do with them 
that counts."

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins

If I wanted to be an ARTISTE' I would buy a paint brush and cut off my 
good ear :))

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 13:29:21 -0500
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Super Bowl Halftime

   "Robert S. Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com> wrote

In answer to Barbone who wrote: (note: error in the 55 years, should be 
45)

Which brings up a broader perspective. Like Mick Jagger has been  
connecting
with large audiences for 55 years now, without pause. Something very few
musicians, jazz or otherwise, have ever been able to do.

That kind of performer is someone we can all learn from. The Super Bowl
audience was enthused about the Stones visual antics, the improvisation
between guitars, and Jagger's athletic "in your face" presentation.
(snip)

> Bob says:

> A monkey can jump around & connect with the audience.  That does not 
make
> him a good musician.

Ha ha, I agree Bob, connecting does not make for being a good musician.
(even though that was not the point of the post) But then Stone's 
guitarists
Keith Richards and Mick Taylor are excellent musicians. IMO better than
most, if not all Dixieland purveyors on the scene today. And Mick 
Jagger as
both a guitarist and a singer is, at least, the equal of most OKOMers 
on the
scene today, and much superior as an entertainer.

A bit surprising though, is that a member of the Boondockers and 
devotee of
Louis Armstrong would decry the jumping around, connecting scene. :-) 
VBG.

> The Stones have been fooling people for years.

Haven't we all? At least they fool multi millions more and the critics 
too.

> No thanks. I'd rather hear something good.

Good is in the beholder's ears, I respect your opinion.

However, I also respect Chick Corea's opinion that; "It's very 
difficult for
me to dislike an artist....No matter what he's creating, the fact that 
he's
experiencing the joy of creation makes me feel like we're in a 
brotherhood
of some kind...we're in it together."

Kinda puts a perspective on music and/or musicians we hate as well as 
the
brotherhood of creative performers in general.

Cheers,
Steve





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