The answer my friend is blowing in the wind
A blowing session????
I’m a pretty big jazz fan.I truly enjoy Bop and jazz from this era. Question, and perhaps this is not truly accurate/appropriate, is ----how much of this stuff is simply a ’blowin’ session from the artists who are playing the brass instruments, particularly the sax??
IOW, if you have heard one great blowing session, maybe you have heard them all?
Listening to ’Trane, Miles, Parlan, Vick,et al, what are your thoughts?
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This is not my perspective at all . Each musician has their very unique sound, style and approach which is easily distinguishable when listening to them. For example if Dexter Gordon, Sonny Stitt , Oliver Nelson and John Coltrane were playing the same song I’d have no problem identifying each. They sound very different playing the tenor saxophone. Ask them to play “Lush Life “ or “Round Midnight “ and you recognize the individuality of approach clearly (At least to me). Switch to trumpeters Miles, Chet Baker, Lee Morgan, Clifford Brown, Freddie Hubbard etc. Same thing. In my opinion these great jazz musicians definitely have their own voice instrumentally and expressive/emotionally. As unique as fingerprints. Charles |
Well said @charles1dad. |
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