24-07-2015, 06:27
I don't have to fantasize about a dream band--it's been done for me at least twice...by conceptualists/producers or the band's leader.:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7GyLr7Cz2g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1KWxGzw9m8
The major problem with dream band fantasies is that they tend to totally ignore personalities--can these folks actually play well together? I get individual brilliance (Carol Kaye, Dave Grohl) but can they subsume their personalities to a truly aligned group effort? Not easy, given the giant egos needed to succeed. I'm being a bubble-burster for sure by introducing this note of rude reality...but the question was about playing together, not merely an aggregate of the best on any individual instrument.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7GyLr7Cz2g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1KWxGzw9m8
The major problem with dream band fantasies is that they tend to totally ignore personalities--can these folks actually play well together? I get individual brilliance (Carol Kaye, Dave Grohl) but can they subsume their personalities to a truly aligned group effort? Not easy, given the giant egos needed to succeed. I'm being a bubble-burster for sure by introducing this note of rude reality...but the question was about playing together, not merely an aggregate of the best on any individual instrument.
A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind--Dr. Johnson
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR