Re: What Is Hip? (2nd attempt)

[SteveC <A440@voyageronline.net>]

(Sorry about that first mail)
 
 Patrick Bianchi wrote:

                I personally don't think busier is a word that could be
 synonamous with capable....Just because you can play lots-o-stuff really
 fast, it don't mean you are any more/less capable than a person who plays
less stuff and a little slower...It is just a different approach to
 different styles of music..The best example I could relate to is Thelonious
 Monk...Playing burning bop licks or any of Trane's stuff on a RB ballad or
 whatever would be very inapropriate to the style unless you were actually
playing any bop tunes or Countdown or 26-2 etc...But then again some 
people
 seem to really dig that "out of context" thing....

Whatever the reason, my two cents worth of "hip" definitely leans to 
Booker.

 Patrick Bianchi

 Yeah, I tend to agree. We (or at least I), tend to get overwhelmed by chops.
 The older I get, the more I want to be able to make a statement with as few
 notes as possible. Wayne Shorter once said that he wants to be able to make
 the listener cry by playing just one note...
    Maybe you've all the heard the story of Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis:
 Herbie went to Miles to say "Miles, I just don't feel like there'e enough for
 me to play". (Apparently meaning the music was "crowded"). Miles said to
him, "Well then LAY BACK, M***F***! You just told yourself what to do"!
 Brilliant! If you think you don't have enough room to play, play
 *even less*.
     Speaking of Miles: R.I.P. Tony Williams. My favorite drummer ever. I
 can't believe he's gone. A true innovator has fallen.
 
 Steve

 Spinnin' em Loud and Proud in Nashville,
 Steve Cox
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