Tootie blindfolded

[danasgoodstuff]

http://www.downbeat.com/digitaledition/2013/DB201311/single_page_view/106.html no, tell us what you really think...

[CJ Shearn]

WOW

[bertrand]

Slapping 5 stars on everything is inane, but he just comes off as a real jerk.

Bertrand.

[ejp626]

I thought it was very amusing, and I agree with him in a lot of his assessments, including recent Wayne Shorter recordings. I guess it depends on where you stand on "progress" in jazz. And whether the young lions of today should be treated with kid gloves.

[paul secor]

I don't have any problem with what he said.

[marcello]

Honest, and not to a fault.

[jlhoots]

I don't have any problem with what he said.

I don't either.

[mikeweil]

The older I get the more I feel about the music like he does. I can pretty much go along with much of what he said about the recordings played to him.

[Larry Kart]

In addition to the crankiness, he makes some specific musical points. OTOH, having listened to a snippet of that Willie Jones III "I Get a Kick Out of You" Max Roach tribute track on Amazon (all I could find), it sounded pretty good to me -- in fact, the sheer speed burned away a lot of the posing in front of a mirror quality I tend to get from such retro projects. And that Warren Wolf track that Tootie liked I found to be a snooze. He sure was right about that flashy-empty Wynton solo though, IMO.

[JohnS]

The older I get the more I feel about the music like he does. I can pretty much go along with much of what he said about the recordings played to him.

Me too I'm afraid.

[fasstrack]

I don't have any problem with what he said.

Me either. Just straight shooting from a guy who's heard a lot in his years.

[JSngry]

At least we had an excuse. We were high, and we thought the audience was high.

That should go directly into the Down Beat Blindfold Test Hall Of Fame.

[sidewinder]

Almost as entertaining as the Miles blindfold tests !

[xybert]

Nice read. It's interesting how some artists can criticise the music of other artists and it comes off all good, where as when other artists are critical of other artists it strikes a nerve.

[Chuck Nessa]

Age and history is/are part of the reason.