**** You don’t seem like a fan of him as I don’t recall you commenting on his ability as an artist whether good or bad. To me, no reply one way or the other, is a polite way of letting someone know its not your cup of tea. ****
pjw, I appreciate your passion, but be careful with your assumptions as you are mistaken with this one, as far as concerns me, anyway. I like Lou Donaldson very much. If you must know, besides simply making the choice to use one’s usually limited time to comment/post in a way that I (!) feel makes the most productive and hopefully interesting contribution to the thread, the reason that I sometimes don’t comment on an artist is that the artist has been discussed previously; sometimes, several times previously. I suspect that I am not the only one here that feels the same way. You are relatively new to the thread and are probably not aware of all the instances of this. In fact, if I am not mistaken, I was the first to post Sweet Lou here. Another great example of this is the recent commentary on Grant Green.... discussed many, many times; to the point of arguments, unfortunately.
Now, please don’t misunderstand. I am, IN NO WAY, suggesting that that there is ANYTHING wrong with revisiting any one artist; even may times over. God knows, some of these great players deserve even more attention and commentary. Personally, however, I SOMETIMES attempt to comment in a way that is hopefully different. Let’s just say....in the spirit of Jazz 😎. Obviously, I don’t always succeed.
Having said all that, of course SOMETIMES one chooses to as grandma would always say.....”if you don’t have anything positive to say, don’t say anything at all”. So, if you ever have want to know my feelings about an artist that I haven’t expressed an opinion on one way or another feel free to ask me directly and I would be glad to share my thoughts.
Btw, can I assume you don’t like Paul Desmond? 😉
pjw, I appreciate your passion, but be careful with your assumptions as you are mistaken with this one, as far as concerns me, anyway. I like Lou Donaldson very much. If you must know, besides simply making the choice to use one’s usually limited time to comment/post in a way that I (!) feel makes the most productive and hopefully interesting contribution to the thread, the reason that I sometimes don’t comment on an artist is that the artist has been discussed previously; sometimes, several times previously. I suspect that I am not the only one here that feels the same way. You are relatively new to the thread and are probably not aware of all the instances of this. In fact, if I am not mistaken, I was the first to post Sweet Lou here. Another great example of this is the recent commentary on Grant Green.... discussed many, many times; to the point of arguments, unfortunately.
Now, please don’t misunderstand. I am, IN NO WAY, suggesting that that there is ANYTHING wrong with revisiting any one artist; even may times over. God knows, some of these great players deserve even more attention and commentary. Personally, however, I SOMETIMES attempt to comment in a way that is hopefully different. Let’s just say....in the spirit of Jazz 😎. Obviously, I don’t always succeed.
Having said all that, of course SOMETIMES one chooses to as grandma would always say.....”if you don’t have anything positive to say, don’t say anything at all”. So, if you ever have want to know my feelings about an artist that I haven’t expressed an opinion on one way or another feel free to ask me directly and I would be glad to share my thoughts.
Btw, can I assume you don’t like Paul Desmond? 😉