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Post by edilla on Jan 19, 2010 16:52:55 GMT 10
Hey everyone,
I just wanted to let you know about a new blog site started through sydney band The Dilworths which is providing profiles and links for the young musicians worth checking out.
the direct link is thedilworths.wordpress.com
Thanks
Eamon
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Post by edilla on Jan 31, 2010 22:27:50 GMT 10
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Post by isaacs on Feb 1, 2010 2:13:14 GMT 10
Such a terrific interview with James. He says what he thinks. It's great to see him acknowledge a master like Allan Holdsworth, a personal favourite of mine so overlooked in the jazz Pantheon. "As heavy as Coltrane"? Big call, but good on you mate for having the guts to make it if that's the way you hear it (given that many jazz guardians would howl you down for daring to have an opinion that is not commonplace).
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Post by isaacs on Feb 1, 2010 14:53:49 GMT 10
Just want to clarify.
James' opinion that Holdsworth=Coltrane is certainly debatable and one does not have to agree. I don't agree fully myself though I see where he's coming from. In terms of pushing forward pure linear virtuosity into new polytonal/polyrhythmic vocabularies and territories I think Holdsworth is arguably comparable to Coltrane and it's remarkable he is so under-recognised in the jazz world (of course it's for no other reason than his "fusion" sound I'd bet). I just don't think Holdsworth is as spiritually "heavy" as Coltrane (please don't ask what I mean by "spiritual", life's too short).
What I meant to attempt to bring into disrepute were ad hominem attacks on people for simply having the gall to hold "controversial" opinions that are often surprisingly innocuous if deconstructed, rather than simply debating the opinions. You see it all the time not just in the jazz world (Wynton Marsalis prime victim) but also in the political world (and the Left is no exception, on the contrary!) or the world of ideas generally.
It's sometimes as if surely the most basic and inalienable freedom of all - the freedom to think for oneself - is itself under attack. Orwell should have taught us that "thought crime" is no crime at all, but sometimes you'd think otherwise!
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Post by edilla on Feb 11, 2010 11:01:54 GMT 10
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Post by edilla on Feb 14, 2010 22:58:04 GMT 10
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Mike Rivett Interview
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Post by Mike Rivett Interview on Mar 8, 2010 22:00:48 GMT 10
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