Re: What Is Hip/teaching etc

[David Jacques <djacques@post.cis.smu.edu>]

I agree wholeheartedly with John's comments...  Especially reagrding the 
fundamentals of what makes a fine musician.  I wish that I could find a 
Hammond teacher with such a braod grasp of the subject..  I know that for 
years I have been learning chops, chops, and chops... But all the time 
missing the techniques, rhythms, etc...  Now here I am, 41... playing in 
a local jazz/pop band, and learning more about music and playing, all due 
to my friends on this wonderful list...  and, of course, Tony B.'s great 
tapes!

Regarding Pete Robinson of Quartermass...  He was one of my first Hammond 
inspirations.. Like most of my friends, I gave away my album collection 
when CD's hit the market (alas, the flying Pteradactals(sp) from the 
Quartermass album ended up in someone elses collection).  For years I 
searched the record stores for this CD... It wasn't until a trip to 
germany in 1993 that I found it!  (I am still searching for those great 
old Jo Jo Gunne albums...)  

Anyway, Pete Robinson also played on the first Jesus Christ Superstar 
album. He was a fine example of the modern rock/Hammond player... 

On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, John Novello wrote:

> 
> Re: players and their  music - about time we're discussing this concept as
> this is where the excitement is, not instruments. Instruments are of course
> tools and very subjective. It's the players who animate and empower these
> tools and create and communicate. Instead of always asking what a player
> play thru and what modifications he did, etc etc etc, it should be  What
> practice dod you do to play that way?  How do you think?  What's your
> concept? etc etc etc.  Reminds me of a story where Art Tatum was kind of
> young and up and coming and was at a jam session club where players were
> sitting in and trying to out do each other. All the pianists were a bitchin
> about how terrible the upright piano was - out of tune, keys missing, etc
> Ta