mikeweil Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 This is great reading - his comments on the Keith Jarrett trio in particular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 I read it as well. Its one of the best ones I've ever read, right up there with the old Mingus ones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 read it last night - I agree with the above comments I wish jazz criticism was as candid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 Don't suppose this in on-line anywhere?? In fact, doesn't Downbeat have extended versions of the Blindfold Tests on-line?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannonball-addict Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Jazztimes's website actually lets you listen to snipets of theirs and gives the before and after comments for the artists they tried them out on. Of course these are not true BFTs, but I often prefer these. Especially for the 'After.' Larry Appelbaum's are usually really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted September 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 Don't suppose this in on-line anywhere?? In fact, doesn't Downbeat have extended versions of the Blindfold Tests on-line?? IIRC, only if the test was too long to fit on one page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted September 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 I wish jazz criticism was as candid Indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 I wish jazz criticism was as candid I wish it was as funny! Bley's a trip as both player and commentator (and author, too - his autobiography is a blast!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 A friend of mine emailed Paul Bley's website about some tune titling and this is the reply he got. "Thank you for your interest in the music of mine and George Russell. Ever since I recorded Jazz In The Space Age with Russell and Bill Evans I can admit that George taught Bill everything I know. Bill taught George everything he new. I taught Bill Everything that George knows. pb" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 What about what Carla taught Paul? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 What about what Carla taught Paul? I guess Carla taught Paul everything she knew. Paul taught Steve everything Carla new, and Steve taught Carla everything Paul knew... must have been this way or similar Thanks for sharing, John! Hilarious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe G Posted September 4, 2004 Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 Bley's a trip as both player and commentator (and author, too - his autobiography is a blast!) I read the BFT in the bookstore today, and now I think I need to get that autobiography! 5 stars!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted September 4, 2004 Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 Who's on the cover of this particular Down Beat?? (The one with the Bley BFT??) I need to take a look for this, before it goes off the shelves at the bookstores. Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe G Posted September 5, 2004 Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 IIRC, it's McCoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe G Posted September 5, 2004 Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 You know, I was in Denver this last week, and we checked out a pretty cool cd store (Twist and Shout for those who might be curious). I found not one, but two different releases (one German) of the album Bley did with Jaco and Metheny. Now I'm wondering why I didn't pick one of them up. Anyone heard it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 It's wild and wooly, raw and ragged. Nothing like you'd expect. Or maybe EXACTLY what you'd expect. Joe Bob says check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted September 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 I remember Jaco's bass sound to be pretty enervating on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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