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- From: s1mbm@isuvax.iastate.edu (michael bruce mcdonald)
- Subject: Re: Sharrock
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 14:48:04 GMT
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- In article <ALLMUSIC%92123108403751@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU>, Leonard Watkins <ISTS024@UABDPO.BITNET> writes:
- >On Thu, 31 Dec 1992 00:32:09 GMT Jeff Beer said:
- >>Free improvisation means that you play with nothing planned in advance.
- >>Often improvisation is based on a form, in terms of number of measures,
- >>keys, and chord progession. You know the 12 bar blues.
- >>
- >>In free improvisation, nothing is given in advance. It is not so much
- >>that there is no form, but that the form comes freely. i.e. You might
- >>go into G minor, but nobody planned to, and the bass player is free to
- >>be in another key if desired. You are free to solo, or play background,
- >>or shift roles whenever you want.
- >
- >That's a problem i have with it , i was listening to "Ask The Ages" and
- >on some tunes they seem to be in different keys, there was no structure
- >I'm sure i didn't give it enuff of a chance, but i really couldn't take
- >it long. I'm into improvisation, but i'm not sure about that type of
- >"free-form" because there seemed to be no structure, no rules....etc.
- >I'm by no means knocking Sharrock, I've heard too many good things about
- >him, I guess i'm so accustomed to structure that something like that is
- >not appealing to me. BTW the CD I put in after I tried to listen to Sharrock
- >was Hound Dog Taylor, I'm sure most of you feel that was a helluva change,
- >but we do what we have to do. I got some Michelle Shocked y'day and the
- >muscians she has one it are impressive, Albert Lee and Bernie Leadon to
- >name a couple.........L. W.
- >
- >OSC: Alabama will be national champs, come Friday night.......L.W.
-
-
- What, no structure on *Ask the Ages*? All the tunes on that recording are
- *rather* structured, not like the blues perhaps, but I think that every
- cut (as I recall) begins and ends, at least, with the statement of a
- definite melody, and what happens in between *relates* to each melody,
- to my ears. Hmmmm, I suppose that if one is unfamiliar with the jazz of
- the Fifties and Sixties this recording would sound unstructured, but it's
- actually *very* structured in comparison to so-called "free jazz."
-
- genuinely puzzled,
- michael mcdonald
-
- p.s. folks, i'll understand should you choose to flame me for reappearing
- here after the way i signed off, but i'd really rather that you choose to
- forego the flames this time, and would thank you for so doing.
-