[Dixielandjazz] Improvisation
Bill Haesler
bhaesler at bigpond.net.au
Thu Apr 3 14:57:09 PDT 2008
Stephen G Barbone wrote regarding the Lee Konitz review:
> I don't know what he meant. That's why it's great to be a music
> critic. You can write reviews that are not coherent and easily defend
> your point of view, whatever it was. <grin>
> Like you, I love the words "harmonically restless" and will borrow
> them myself, both pro and con.
Dear Steve,
As a jazz writer (never a critic) I was more impressed by the last
sentence:
".......until the song had made its way through all 12 keys.
At that point Mr. Konitz rejoined the action, as if stepping onto a
moving Ferris wheel."
I wish I had written that.
Kind regards,
Bill.
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