Jazz has been a fusion of Blues and Gospel from the beginning. I like the pieces you showed of Wynton with EC. but did I hear those solo's a hundred times before? As Mingus said to Jackie Mclean, " Play something new, Bird already played that!"
We are just looking for different things in our musical experience. The good thing is we can easily coexist, I can see the best in almost all music, but what led me to Jazz from Blues/ Rock was the way two pieces played on different days by the same person will always be different, and two pieces played by different people may not even sound like the same music. The way they play with or against each other, how they use instrument tones and shades to compliment or contrast, or the way they play with or against time on a standard, and sometimes do all three at the same time fascinates me. A song you have heard a hundred times is new.
Wynton's music feels like a comfy blanket, and as always He does have a great band.
BTW, the complete 7 CD output of Woody Shaw's Muse recordings are available from Mosaic Records.
We are just looking for different things in our musical experience. The good thing is we can easily coexist, I can see the best in almost all music, but what led me to Jazz from Blues/ Rock was the way two pieces played on different days by the same person will always be different, and two pieces played by different people may not even sound like the same music. The way they play with or against each other, how they use instrument tones and shades to compliment or contrast, or the way they play with or against time on a standard, and sometimes do all three at the same time fascinates me. A song you have heard a hundred times is new.
Wynton's music feels like a comfy blanket, and as always He does have a great band.
BTW, the complete 7 CD output of Woody Shaw's Muse recordings are available from Mosaic Records.