Cool Discussion!

[peter c]

http://www.jazzprofessional.com/blin...Discussion.htm

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[Dazzler]

Wow, thanks for that Peter, you've struck gold this time! [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

Joe Morello[about Buddy]: Well, if you think he?s the greatest soloist?in your mind that?s what he is. It?s as simple as that. Now, I know Buddy very well. I?ve grown up listening to his things. I?ve practised with him, sat in with his band at Birdland. I feel he?s a very close friend of mine. And I think he?s a genius on the drums?a fantastic drummer. What I admire most about Buddy is the way he constructs his solos. I?m not completely overwhelmed with his speed, or the technique, because there are several drummers that have a lot of technique. In fact, technique doesn?t gas me that much. On its own it?s worthless?it?s how you use it. Just to rattle off a series of single strokes at some God?forsaken speed is nothing, if it doesn?t have a pulse and a meaning.

.....One of my biggest things is that I do have a little facility?but I hate what I play most of the time. Because I hate to go racing around the drums?this is a bug to me. You know, bass drums and cymbals and everything. That?s just an escape. Thank God I can do that if I?m really hung up. But I?d rather play one note and have it mean something.

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[buga]

Morello raises the most interesting points in
that "get together" discussion regarding sponteniety, not playing it safe every time, creating your own character and developing your own voice and the most important one="Listen, jazz is not restricted to any one race or nation. You can be in Batavia?if you can play, you can play".

Swing is probably the hardest point to argue against because it comes down to personal taste and your background, what kinda music you've grown up with, for example. You have to HEAR swing before you can play it. Bad thing is that you can't really learn the swing-feel, you have to feel it. I've noticed that swinging can come in many different shapes and forms and can be applied to almost any kind of a rhythmic pulse. For me it's about the time itself, the actual feel and the placement of the line in relation to the pulse and accents within the phrase. This is probably most evident when you listen to "latin jazz" music IMO. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Clare: Studio work is always a challenge. Fitting?in can be hard. You?ve got to swallow your own personality completely

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I would disagree with that and Vinnie is probably the best example to contradict that theory. But then again Vinnie does "get away" with so many stagnant ideals in drumming, doesn't he, and that's why we love him. Although I would be the first to admitt like others have mentioned before that "jazz" isn't Vinnie's bag from what I've heard so far, he's feel is abit *stiff* and the way he phrases doesn't make me feel as good as say Dejohnette. [img]wink.gif[/img]

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ March 17, 2004 01:50 PM: Message edited by: Bozzio ]</font>