| Very interesting thread Larry! I will make a comment on this soon however I wanted to throw something out there.
West Coast Lead players vs. East coast players
What influence do you think the working enviornment and the work available in the differnet sides of the country have to do with sound concept and style of the players mentioned.
For example I know that studio work and sound tracks for movies etc have played a big role on the West Coast. What influence if any do you think this has had on the players. I am less familiar with the situation on the east coast. I am sure there is (was) studio work available in New York but I doubt it was to the extent of that in some place like LA in the 70s 80s 90s?
Now I know we are talking about Lead Playing in the "big band" setting but I'm curious to learn more about possible outside influences. Also how many toruing bands were out of west coast vs the east coast?
This might not make any sense. I will try to write more later and gather my thoughts a little bit bet better :)
TM |