Thelonius Monk was crazy

[Rigsby]

yah but Idid see kenny G circular breathe a note for 42 minutes. impressive to say the least.

No.

Personaly I agree with Ron Carter and hope he chokes.

Ron Carter hoped Kenny G would choke?

[gog]

yah but Idid see kenny G circular breathe a note for 42 minutes. impressive to say the least.

... maybe an impressive trick, but it has nothing to do with music.

... back to monk, epistrophy changed my life as a kid. it was like he was trying to play the spaces between the keys. just sounded so beautiful to me.

[jeddypoo]

I wouldn't put Miles Davis in the same category as Monk and Mingus.

The first two tunes I was able to pull off in the jazz realm when I first got serious about teaching myself piano were "Monk's Dream" and "Goodbye Porkpie Hat". Now that I'm mainly into pop, those two are among the short list of jazz musicians I'm actually still interested in. 'Specially Mingus, but it's hard to choose between them. As far as composers in the modern era, they're both hard to beat.

Have you all ever heard one of Mingus's piano albums? He was a pretty goddamn sharp piano picker, too. He even sings a little. Scary man.

[JaredEll]

yah but Idid see kenny G circular breathe a note for 42 minutes. impressive to say the least.

No.

Personaly I agree with Ron Carter and hope he chokes.

Ron Carter hoped Kenny G would choke?

Yeah, I saw a lecture/master class with Ron Carter at Berklee this summer. He played solo bass for about 20 minutes and then prophesized/answered questions until eventually the topic of circular breathing came up. He got really excited and started talking about how much he hates playing with younger horn players who do circular breathing and said that his favorite thing in the world was to play just the right note when walking that the lameo circular breather coughs mid solo. He laughed a bit and said he had done it a few times over the past two years and that nothing makes him happier. Later he said he hoped some circular breathers (namely Kenny) would just choke. It was a great talk, really amazing to hear all Ron had to say, he provided a number of insightful revelations on hip hop and contemporary jazz and his playing was incredible.

[JohnDavisNYC]

I wouldn't put Miles Davis in the same category as Monk and Mingus.

um..... huh?