[Dixielandjazz] Frank Rosolino and Black Trombonists

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It's not a question of judgment, my friend.  If you ingest rat poison,  
withholding judgment will not forestall your demise!  I don't need to  
be inside FR's mind to know what's going on, because I can see what  
WENT on!  We're all flawed creatures, with me at the front of the  
line.  Your - our - my music is who I am.  Music isn't something I do  
like brushing my teeth or filling out a tax return.  It is the sum  
total of my inner self transformed into sound and funneled through the  
heart.  When you're in the wilderness, you do not drink from even the  
purest, most crystalline stream, because you don't know about the dead  
elk lying in the shallows 100 yds upstream polluting the water.   
Despite the beauty and seeming purity of the water, it holds an  
element of death which will indeed affect you despite your assessment  
of the water.  The Water of Life is no different.  Drink wherever you  
wish, but at your own peril.

The Opinionated Mr. Bison


Quoting Hal Vickery <hvickery at svs.com>:

> Or maybe he suffered from depression and his wife's suicide triggered an
> episode.  That's one reason I never try to judge.  Unless you're inside
> somebody's mind, you don't know what's going on.  Hell, I don't even know
> why I do some of the things I do.
>
> I'll judge him for his music and let God take care of the rest.
>
> Hal Vickery
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
> [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of David Gannett
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 7:45 PM
> To: Hal Vickery
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Frank Rosolino and Black Trombonists
>
>
>>  I have a couple of Rosolino's Cd's and enjoy them from time to time. That
>
>> he did what he did has absolutely nothing to do with what he produced in
>> music. >What does any players private life have to do with his music? IMO
>> little or nothing. That he achieved what he did just makes it more sad
>> that he had that tragedy >in his life.
>
> A staggering disconnect from the reality of music.  Your private life, your
> interior life IS your music!  It is exactly what informs your music.  Your
> music is your heart.  We may as well lionize Hitler's poetry or Pol Pot's
> painting.  Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I do not have any wish
> to offend those on the list, but to me, as a musician, separating who you
> are inside from the music you produce would require a gargantuan
> schizophrenic effort.  Frank Rossolino didn't "have" that tragedy in his
> life.  He created it.  When the wrestler Chris Benoit butchered his family
> and killed himself, he revealed the monster that he truly was.  Perhaps we
> should all rent wrestling manias featuring Chris Benoit and praise his
> fabulous wrestling style?  Party at Bob Leary's house.
>
> There is nothing wrong with enjoying the CD's you have, nor is there
> anything wrong in recognizing Frank Rossolino's talent.  But from my
> perspective, the spirit that informed his playing was not one I want in my
> heart or my playing, nor one which I care to revisit.
>
> Dave G
>
>
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