Tom Storer Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Ominous but logical development There's nothing to be alarmed about, Larry. It's the same phenomenon as Elvis impersonators, only more middle-brow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 That sounds very alarming to me. What's next? Am I at risk of being surrounded by Caruso impersonators in the near future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 I read that too fast and thought you said CASTRO impersonators - of course, we'll probably get those, too, after he dies - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 What's next? What's next? Mini KISS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Bill Dixon once said this to me about "imitators" of Charlie Parker and their addiction to heroin: "did they think that Charlie Parker wanted to live like Charlie Parker?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted March 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Bill Dixon once said this to me about "imitators" of Charlie Parker and their addiction to heroin: "did they think that Charlie Parker wanted to live like Charlie Parker?" Probably. Or rather, "If not, then like what?" By many accounts the man's appetites in many areas were immense -- beyond the bounds of any real-world frameworks known to him or to us. So one either alters those needs, drives, what have you -- an immense, probably undoable task in itself and one that heroin use may have "managed" to some extent, plus who can separate the immensity of those appetites from the nature of his art? -- or one somehow creates a world where a man of Bird's' appetites is seldom if ever blocked or frustrated. Good luck with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tapscott Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Just received the new Sackville newsletter in the mail and FWIW here's John Norris' take on Dave Bennett's playing on the Arbors disc ( for me John's opinions are worth a lot!). John writes, "Dave Bennett is into Benny Goodman but much of his playing is overwrought and repetitive." I have not heard Dave Bennett but somehow this comes as no great surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazztrain Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 I heard a bit of the CD earlier this week while checking in new releases at the station. Based on what I heard, I can't argue with the assessment offered by John Norris. Bennett is fairly young, so perhaps he'll find his own voice in time. Just received the new Sackville newsletter in the mail and FWIW here's John Norris' take on Dave Bennett's playing on the Arbors disc ( for me John's opinions are worth a lot!). John writes, "Dave Bennett is into Benny Goodman but much of his playing is overwrought and repetitive." I have not heard Dave Bennett but somehow this comes as no great surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 I'm with Larry on Bird, depending upon which part of the life you are referring to - but I do think those guys really liked getting high, at least at first. It may have been that the maintenance of the lifestyle, in terms of the law, was the problem, at least for them - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted March 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Listened to the Bennett album. He can play the instrument, but he's very bland, especially rhythmically -- "dorky" might be the right word. In a way it's an interesting reminder of how much rhythmic edge (plus a meaningfully varied sense of attack on most every note, no matter what the tempo) there usually was to BG's playing. Took me a fairly long time before I began to get BG the player, but I'm glad I finally did. I think it was that RCA set of the small groups with Wilson, Hampton, and Krupa that really turned the light on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Took me a fairly long time before I began to get BG the player, but I'm glad I finally did. I think it was that RCA set of the small groups with Wilson, Hampton, and Krupa that really turned the light on. That RCA small group set is terrific. It definitely contains my favorite recordings by Benny Goodman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted O'Reilly Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Well, yeah, Peter and Larry, but BG couldn't hold a candle to "Shoeless" John Jackson, right???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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