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Originally Posted by note360  Wynton cannot write good music and is a wee bit held back in the way he plays. It is not that I don't like him, but he is not even close to Miles Davis. He is young and Naive, but we will see maybe he will begin moving the genre forward eventually instead of holding jazz back.
(Bands that move jazz foward would include:
Medeski Martin & Wood, John Scofeild and Miles Davis)
I think it is all important that jazz is moved forward. New sounds, not old sounds. |
Did Satch hold back jazz when he played in the same style for about 50 years? Did Diz hold back jazz when he did the same thing for 50 years? What about guys like Lee Morgan, Clifford Brown, and Freddie Hubbard - they made themselves into giants without advancing jazz into a new era.