| Re: Miles' Fusion
Some people, critics as well as musicains, get the vapors when they hear an electric bass. My usual response is f^%& them, and pay attention to what is happening in the music. Bitches Brew is a masterpiece, and there is a whole lot that came after it that was great music. Wynton to the contrary notwithstanding. The music world is not the music business as Ornette said, and we happen to be in a sad state right now. But persevere and hang in there, trends are there for the changing and the received wisdom twenty years from now will be very different from what it is now. Joke 'em if they can't take a f**& as Robin Williams said. Don't listen to ANYONE, not even me, go by what you feel. That's really in the end the essence of jazz. There is no cannon, no accepted version of anything, just what you respond to. Go for it. It's what YOU hear and feel, not anyone else's agenda.
MM |