Jazz for aficionados
Re: Sun Ra The Sun Ra Arkestra Musica Director, Marshall Allen, is 99 years old and, by the look of him and the way he speaks, is healthy in body and mind. (2) Sun Ra Arkestra's 99-year-old director says musical inspiration keeps him energized - YouTube
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Sun Ra music is not a commercial product , it was an experience to live in real time... Cd give an idea and also listen to those musicians who experienced this for decades with NO real MONEY, NO real FAME ...Only the musical experience 7 days/7 days ... I dont like and i dont hate Sun Ra music ... I am interested and fascinated by the character and some of his musical output revealing a great musician ... A genius if the word means something but not only a musical genius but genius as a human being ... |
Yes -- I’m familiar with Goshen but had no idea it was the birthplace of a well known Jazz pianist. My grandparents lived for a long time in Slingerlands, outside of Albany-- we made many trips up and down the Thruway when I was a kid! The only other guy I’m aware of who’s from the Hudson Valley is the guitarist John Platania, best known for his work with Van Morrison, purportedly born near Woodstock. The 1980 live at Montreux dvd is a great example of his tasteful playing and a killer show, overall, for Morrison Fans. What a pity this is not available as an audio CD! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0c9OQYoXLU RE: "free Jazz at its best", the older I get, the less tolerance I have for disharmony, whether political or musical. Not saying this is necessarily a good thing, but it’s what’s true in my case. Perhaps, were the world less chaotic (or I more centered), I’d feel differently. It's fascinating what M. Allan says about every listener coming to the music wanting something different, and how what Allen plays is a "spiral, never-ending", which allows each listener to get what they seek from the music, "when it's their turn". I guess I'd have to listen to more Sun Ra to see if, in fact, the music does come around to a point where it's "my turn".
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I feel exactly as you feel... It is just that i make exception about "free jazz" with the like of genius Eric Dolphy for example... I dont like most free jazz... Or for "cosmic jazz or interplanetary jazz" i make exception for Sun Ra , because there is an intent manifested in his music whch is not chaos or disharmony "per se"... And anyway this man is very interesting to know... I even bought his biography but i did not read it yet... How many musicians wrote or played music to transform the world ? John Coltrane , Scriabin , Beethoven and Sun ra among few others had this Promethean idea to recreate humanity with music healing power... It takes a fabulous hubris to think to be able to do so and at the same time a total humility as a service to the greater ONE ... Incredible Coltrane, Scriabin, Beethoven and sun Ra and few others i cannot name at various level of hubris, service and devotion....
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