[TPIN] Good or bad,..here it is

[uppman]

No flames from me.

I'm mainly a melodic soloist too, but understand there's no such thing as a wrong note if played in a certain context.

peter


Was Written:   
Ah, we digress.
Funny, I had this conversation a couple of weeks ago with our sax man. In 
his opinion, in jazz (free jazz mostly) anything goes. That isn't to say 
that you plunk out "wrong" notes and try to make them sound right, but these 
folks (I'm not one of them) love to explore the "taboo" notes and play 
dissonants to build solos upon. I wish I could sustain these types of solos, 
but never have been able to do it for more than a phrase at a time. I know 
some folks who can do it all night.
I tend to be more of a melodic player. Jon's solos tend to be normal, 
melodically. He has some players around him in Branson who push the envelope 
(Caldwell, the sax man for one). I have always envied the folks who can 
sustain these "avant garde" solos over a whole chorus or sets of choruses.
Let the flames lap over me!!!
Byron