Wooley thread gone again

[Scott Dolan]

6 hours ago, Quasimado said:

Dan Gould said re Wooleys "Free Will, Free Won't" -

There is not enough Excedrin in the world to make this "music" palatable to me.  In fact I find it astounding that anyone could think of this as anything other than noise.

Agree 100%. You can see why Wynton is there ... and Barry Harris continues to fight the good fight ... Q

 

Because we need "real musicians" to remind us what "real music" is when artists start coloring outside the lines? 

[Quasimado]

1 hour ago, Scott Dolan said:

Because we need "real musicians" to remind us what "real music" is when artists start coloring outside the lines? 

Exactly. Nicely put. Q

[Scott Dolan]

I used to feel that way, too. 

But I've grown to really appreciate the experience of these kind of...sonic explorations, I'll refer to them as. They are certainly an acquired taste, and not for everyone, of course. But, if you have the time and patience to sit down and experience them the results can be very rewarding.

I'm glad I finally worked through my own prejudice and discovered how to appreciate this stuff. 

[danasgoodstuff]

3 hours ago, Scott Dolan said:

I used to feel that way, too. 

But I've grown to really appreciate the experience of these kind of...sonic explorations, I'll refer to them as. They are certainly an acquired taste, and not for everyone, of course. But, if you have the time and patience to sit down and experience them the results can be very rewarding.

I'm glad I finally worked through my own prejudice and discovered how to appreciate this stuff. 

Probably less open to 'sonic explorations' than I used to be, and of course there are better and worse in this realm too.  Have always thought it was a intrinsically live music experience hard to capture effectively on the recording medium of your choice...i am still planning to give the recording in Q another shot later.  Don't need Wynton to show me anything.

Edited December 12, 2015 by danasgoodstuff

[Scott Dolan]

Understood completely. 

I've gone through various phases when it comes to listening to music. And as far as Jazz/free improv goes, I got heavily into 60's Free Jazz and listened to it almost exclusively for years. But then I tried this free/Euro improve stuff and decided it was the kind of senseless noise Dan described earlier. So at that point I had pretty much burned out on the 60's stuff, and the newer artists out of the William Parker universe (In Order To Survive, Daniel Carter, Susie Ibarra, Other Dimensions In Music, etc.), and pretty much left Jazz, as a whole, behind for...years. Got back to basics and started listening to a lot of Alternative Country, which is still a huge favorite. 

Then getting back into Jazz (which was just recently, as you see later) I  stuck with "the basics" there as well. Miles, Monk, Brubeck, that kind of thing. 

But then Mary Halvorson caught my ear, and after diving further into what Mr. Wooley has been up to, the free improv thing just clicked for some bizarre reason. 

Guess I needed to "cleanse the palette", so to speak. Either way, I'm back in exploratory mode. 

So again, I completely get where you're coming from. 

[Scott Dolan]

The one thing I will say about Wooley is that he loves to showcase his circular breathing. And he showcases it well.