| I really enjoy Arturo's latin stuff. It's great. I've heard him live doing all that stuff and what a fun time.
I can't stand Arturo's "straight-ahead" jazz stuff. I heard him in Cali at the IAJE in Disneyland, and my professors and I just walked out. It was terrible. Loud, obnoxious, out of tune--kind of like going to a Maynard concert. And ok, he has talent to "copy" everybody else. So what? It's like Wynton. I love Wynton's stuff he did from the early 80's through the early 90's. But I would rather here Ellington do Ellington than Wynton do Ellington.
Just waiting for the Steel Cage.
--Kevin |