[Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Giant Steps & AJB

[Marek Boym]

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From: Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com>
Date: 25-May-2007 17:37
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Giant Steps & AJB
To: David Dustin <postmaster at fountainsquareramblers.org>


So could I!  I just went for the most famous, not necessarily the worst.
And ther's been a lot of badmouthing of "hobby bands" on the list.
However, many of the most popular bands on the US festival circuit are
"hobby bands" - Alamoo City, Devil Mountain, et. al. - too man yto
mention.
Cheers

On 23/05/07, David Dustin <postmaster at fountainsquareramblers.org> wrote:
> My band plays "garbage music" in the public opinion of one of the mainstays
> on the DJML.  I guess "garbage music" is OKOM performed by real people --
> teachers, physicists, policemen, janitors, programmers, etc -- that is not
> up to the standards achieved by another band made up of mostly professional
> musicians with decades of performing and teaching experience.  You might
> recall the exchanges of opinions a couple months ago.
>
> I am with you on Coltrane, Ornette Coleman and Courtney Pine. And I could
> add quite a few other names.
>
> David
>
>
> On 5/22/07 8:59 AM, "Marek Boym" <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > What is "garbage music?"  is there such a thing?  OK, perhaps
> > Coltrane, Ornette Coleman or Courtney Pine.
> > Cheers
> >
> > On 21/05/07, David Dustin <postmaster at fountainsquareramblers.org> wrote:
> >> Thanks, Marek. I will try to find their version of it. You have aroused my
> >> curiosity. It took me a while to realize that one of the list members was a
> >> member of that Anachronic Jazz Band. My, we have some real stars and trad
> >> literati in this list.  And then there is myself, standing in stark contrast
> >> with the others, content to play "garbage music" with my little band of OKOM
> >> amateurs.
> >>
> >> David
> >>
> >>
> >> On 5/20/07 6:23 PM, "Marek Boym" <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Try the Anachronic Jazz Band!
> >>> As to Coltrane, to my ears it's not M (music) at all, never mind MK or
> >>> not!  And perhaps you should read Bill Gunter's message on this
> >>> subject.
> >>> cheers
> >>>
> >>> On 20/05/07, David Dustin <postmaster at fountainsquareramblers.org> wrote:
> >>>> I did a double-take when I saw Coltrane¹s Giant Steps being discussed in
> >>>> this forum.  Modern jazz masterpiece it may be, but it is definitely not
> >>>> MKOM and I cannot begin to imagine how anyone can successfully render it in
> >>>> an OKOM vein.  Kudos to whoever does it/has done it, but I still would
> >>>> rather listen to Bill Bailey or Panama, or even Hello Dolley, thank you
> >>>> very
> >>>> much.
> >>>>
> >>>> Let me add that the only version of Giant Steps I have ever heard that I
> >>>> can
> >>>> begin to fathom (and I use that word advisedly) is the one by the New York
> >>>> Voices on their ³Hearts of Fire² CD (GRP Records, GRD-9653). Perhaps it is
> >>>> because it is rendered with lyrics and vocalese and because of defective
> >>>> genes or moral flaws that cause me to love OKOM, I need something other
> >>>> than
> >>>> Coltrane¹s prodigious torrent of notes to form the song for me.
> >>>>
> >>>> David Dustin
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