pryso, you are correct in your observation that many pianists now use that style to one degree or another and that is a very astute observation on your part. For me, the historical context of any music and the influence of players’ styles on each other as part of that historical context is as important as just about anything else. This puts a player’s style in what I think is a very important, even necessary, context. My point in pointing out Garland’s style was to highlight the importance of him in that historical context and how it may have impacted Bill Evans’ approach to the music on the Jazz Track session. One of the reasons that I thought the Mingus panel
discussion was so important was that it touched on some of this inasmuch as the very deliberate and conscious effort that goes into the creation of a lot of this great music. Often it is thought to be entirely a matter of some sort of subconscious inspiration that takes over the artist (the idea of the artist’s “Muse”) when in fact it is usually a combination of that (inspiration) and deliberate and conscious “decision making”; what Mingus so perfectly referred to as “organized chaos”.
**** I'm even now learning some insights on structure and presentation. That provides an avenue to listen anew. ****
Exactly! It can add so much to the listening experience. Thanks for the dialogue.
discussion was so important was that it touched on some of this inasmuch as the very deliberate and conscious effort that goes into the creation of a lot of this great music. Often it is thought to be entirely a matter of some sort of subconscious inspiration that takes over the artist (the idea of the artist’s “Muse”) when in fact it is usually a combination of that (inspiration) and deliberate and conscious “decision making”; what Mingus so perfectly referred to as “organized chaos”.
**** I'm even now learning some insights on structure and presentation. That provides an avenue to listen anew. ****
Exactly! It can add so much to the listening experience. Thanks for the dialogue.