[Dixielandjazz] Technique vs. Feeling

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Oh My Oh My!

Let me say this about that !

I reckon this discussion to the age old question of whether men or 
women enjoy Sex more!

And yes that is and does as you will see have musical content:

Since both have to do with  EAR.

Simply insert your little finger into your ear,  No wiggle it around a 
bit !!

Which feels better your finger or your ear ?

The similarity to Music is exactly the same folks,  if the ear does not 
FEEL good it ain't right no matter how good the technique is cause 
99.9% OF THE WORLD'S music listeners simply Do Not Care.  Hence the old 
saying If it feels good Just DO IT !

Cheers,

Tom "Dr. Feel Good" Wiggins   Now stick that in your ear and feel good 
about it :))
And for goodness sake don't think that because I poke fun at it, that I 
don't seriously appreciate the great technicians on this list and in 
our industry, we all have a place and a time and when the two meet 
under the correct circumstances it can indeed be magic,  but it can 
also be a train wreck. :))

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 22:14:42 -0500
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Technique vs. Feeling

   Here we go again about technique vs. feeling.

Below are two of my favorite quotes from superb jazz musicians, both of 
who
are considered "modern" . . . but both of whom can also play the hell 
of of
OKOM. And both of whom thought that to be a complete jazz musician, one 
must
have both technique and feeling.

Bill Evans

"Technique is the ability to translate your ideas into sound through 
your
instrument. This is a comprehensive technique . . . a feeling for the
keyboard that will allow you to transfer any emotional utterance into 
it.
What has to happen is that you develop a comprehensive technique and 
then
say, Forget that. I¹m just going to be expressive through the piano."


Oscar Peterson, responding to the recurring charge that he had "too 
much"
technique.

"Pianists must be taught. If a man has no technique, if he has been
self-taught and did not teach himself technique, you'll hear it said 
that he
has an open mind. Not true. He has only grooved himself."

IMO the same is true on all instruments. If one has not developed enough
technique to transfer the feeling, then, one is not a truly serious jazz
musician. But once one develops the technique, then one should to let 
the
emotional side take over.

Basically stated, I do not think you can play what you have not 
practiced in
one form or another. (tune forms, scales, chords, transitions etc) 
OKOMers
may have trouble with bop, and boppers may have trouble with OKOM. 
However,
both, if they have any ears at all, should be able to play the hell out 
of
the blues without reading the music.

Perfect OKOM example? Ed Metz's new album, "Prayin Humble, Payin 
Tribute."
As several of us have mentioned, this new Bob Cat CD is superb. As one
listens to it, one realizes that these musicians have BOTH technique &
feeling and that the CD would not be as good if either attribute was
missing.

Cheers,
Steve


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