Frogman, if your post is interesting, I'll respond to it.
Enjoy the music.
Jazz for aficionados
'The late Soviet Union was not renowned for its contributions to jazz,
but it did produce at least one notable group, for in the '70s and '80s the Ganelin Trio was arguably the world's greatest free jazz ensemble. Comprised of pianist Vyacheslav Ganelin, saxophonist Vladimir Chekasin, and drummer Vladimir Tarasov,
the trio's mostly improvised music was as emotionally intense as
anything being created in the U.S. -- or anywhere else -- at the time.
The three members were extraordinarily skilled, possessed abundant chops
and imagination.' https://youtu.be/n6kOpdtwSzY This next clip is also interesting, in regard to that theory that fusion was a dead end ( I am not a fan of it) but still one should ask himself how its possible that on two opposite sides (in many senses) of world, man can find many similar things in art? https://youtu.be/WGYDPFJMT0g |
Free Jazz "Keith Johnson of AllMusic describes a "Modern Creative" genre, in which "musicians may incorporate free playing into structured modes -- or play just about anything." Hell, I can do that. Anyone can do that. But then, that's the purpose of this so-called music. Soviet Free Jazz: Any music that could gain the approval of the commissars and bureaucrats in the Kremlin, did not have anything we would recognize as 'emotionally intense'. But, the Soviet Union was the perfect place for 'Free Jazz' to strive. They are both soulless and meaningless. Cheers |