13-06-2014, 06:49
Music Head Wrote:carinet which is one of my least favorite wind instruments, slightly above the kazoo and the comb.
I understand and share your feeling--too often it's sweet and sticky and kitschy. It doesn't need to be that way, as Jimmy Giuffre amply demonstrates:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUGPqEjJVx8 << this edges close to the popular, though with 2 monster players (Jim Hall and Bob Brookmeyer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2GCfIPbI4U << 3 years later and much more adventurous, with Paul Bley and Steve Swallow 40 minutes long concert
He recently died at 86, but these thoughts were prompted by this loving appreciation in June, '14: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/arts/m...ation.html << he was a deeply troubled princeling but deserved way more respect than he got.
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