<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> </head> <body><div class="auto-created-dir-div" dir="auto" style="unicode-bidi: embed;"><style>p{margin:0}</style><p>Do you ken FREE JAZZ with its key that strays</p><p>and notes that wander in peculiar ways <br></p><p>too liable listeners to faze <br></p><p>and leave them staggering lost in a haze <br></p><p><br></p><p>Do you ken FREE JAZZ with its phrases that reel</p><p>like the player was walking on banana peel </p><p>and strike paying customers as a very poor deal ...</p><p>not appreciating but scorning <br></p><p><br></p><p>for the sound of some horns is like slack balloons played<br></p><p>with a rasp and fart which have often dismayed <br></p><p>so customers have asked why nobody displayed <br></p><p>at the venue door a warning ???? </p><p><br></p><p>I am sure some English trad bands have recorded versions of <br></p><p>"D'ye ken John Peel?" (the verses are for fun, I'm not condemning any musicians).<br></p><p><br></p><p>The balloon reference I remembered from a review of Albert Ayler. <br></p><p>I also remember a dreadful young lady introducing jazz films on British TV (Channel 4, when it was new)</p><p>and saying what a shame it was there had been no film of poor Ayler, who had not long before departed this life.</p><p>She was saying that because of the omission they were stuck with a film of a player she insisted was "minor",</p><p>something she repeated. "Minor".</p><p><br></p><p>Maybe some of us have heard of this "minor" performer? <br></p><p>His name was WILD BILL DAVISON . . . <br></p><p>but his rasp was deliberate and precisely expressive!</p><p><br></p><p>Robert R. Calder <br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p></div></body></html>