[Dixielandjazz] Solos

[Harry Callaghan]

Well, come on, Marek, out with it.

You can't expect me to go the whole day not knowing what Muggsy said about
piccolo players.


On 6/14/10, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > When this conversaton turned to the matter of the listener's
> interpretation
> > of a solo I was bound and determined to stay out of it.
> >
> > However, following what Bob just had to say on the subject, I must
> briefly
> > inject the fact that I must be a freak of nature as I fit the description
> of
> > how a musician listens to a solo, rather than that of the non-musician.
>
>
> Probably so am I - I don't like too many notes being played too fast!
> I have long ago reached the conclusion that playing slowly requires
> much nore "soul" (for lack of a bettr word) than playing loud and
> fast.
>
> And as to playing very high - remember Muggsy Spanier's remark about
> piccolo player!
>
> Cheers
> >
> > I guess what it really depends upon is when Bob offers this analysis of
> the
> > situation is he pronouncing the silent "t" in often
> >
> > Chuckles,
> > HC.
> >
> >
> > On 6/14/10, Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Musicians hear music and solos differently than non-musicians.
> >>
> >> A musician will hear a solo and recognize the beautiful melodic lines,
> >> choice of notes and feeling that a good musician puts into it.
> >>
> >> Unfortunately often, a non-musician will like a solo because the
> musician
> >> played a lot of notes, played a lot of high notes, looked as if he was
> >> really putting something into it, because he smiled a lot  or just
> because
> >> they like the musician personally.
> >>
> >> --Bob Ringwald
> >> Amateur (ham) Radio call sign K6YBV
> >> www.ringwald.com
> >> Fulton Street Jazz Band
> >> 916/806-9551
> >>
> >> "Critics can't even make music by rubbing their back legs together."
> >> --Mel Brooks
> >>
> >>
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