Jazz for aficionados

On one of my earlier post the main point was, say you don't like a musical period, lets say fusion, and you don't learn the language, because why should you; You HATE fusion.  Years later you may miss out on a great guitarist like John Abercrombie, because the language sounds foreign, because he is rooted in the time you skipped, and all subsequent variations are also. 

First, the orignal music by Bass Desires.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJV0IuwNi_4


Next, the same tune, obviously different because of Michael Brecker with Abercrombie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfCgD8x2jiM

If Kenny Burrell or early Jim Hall are your reference, you may not get Abercrombie.

The only reason I keep mentioning this is , it seems at least to me , at the core of our continual, circular, fights. And why some people hate everything since Glen Miller.

 I know this sometimes limits me personally, when I listen and don't get what others are raving about. I remember playing Jack Dejohnette's "New Directions "  all night while I slept for about a week. I started to get what was going on slowly, but surely. 

Now, because I was so Anti Rap/Hiphop, I don't get some of the new Jazz music which is rooted in the language and rhythms of that period and I can only blame myself !!!

Win some, lose some!

Hope this makes some sense to someone.



Alex, Focus was great rock band, but my brain divides them differently. Maybe the bluegrass side of the Dreg's????? Maybe I need to listen again????

On second thought I can hear Jim Hall in Abercrombie, Scofield and Frisell.

Acman, did not tryed to make any point, only, just as I heard your clip, I thought about 'Focus' and I have not listened  them since high school.

*****lets say fusion, and you don't learn the language, because why should you; You HATE fusion.  Years later you may miss out on a great guitarist like John Abercrombie, because the language sounds foreign, because he is rooted in the time you skipped, and all subsequent variations are also.*****   

Actually at one time I had more Fusion than Jazz-Jazz.   Looking at the printout of my Jazz albums on LP, I see that I had more Chick Corea and Crusaders than Ellington.  More Al Di Meola and Pat Metheny than Horace Silver.  More Dave Grusin Than Count Basie.  More Weather Report than Lee Morgan.  No Basie at all.  I read the printout now, and can't believe it.

So, I didn't skip anything, I was just exposed to the real deal at a later date.  In retrospect, it was probably better that way.

Cheers

So, it appears as if you guys went from Jazz-Jazz to Fusion, while I went from Fusion to Jazz-Jazz.

Cheers