Wayne Shorter has passed away

[Ken Dryden]

Since it is behind a paywall for subscribers, I am unsure it I can post it here. Let me try to PM it.

Dr. Gerri Seay, it's a doctorate in business, not music. I am unimpressed with people who use their titles when writing outside their own field, it is a vanity thing.

I have never heard of this woman or the reason why she is qualified to be a jazz editor for the magazine. The article is rather amateurish. 

 

Edited July 5 by Ken Dryden

[Eric]

On 3/22/2023 at 8:32 PM, JSngry said:

I can't get into that JT site 

Same.  I am a print subscriber but no idea how to get beyond the paywall.  Sure not going to subscribe again.

Edited March 28, 2023 by Eric

[Ken Dryden]

If Seay’s piece is typical of what to expect from Jazz Times, they will likely be bankrupt within a year or two.

[GregK]

It's like she didn't even at least check Wikipedia before writing this!

 

"If we review his career, we know that he started with Be Bop. His work with Art Blakey was “pace-setting.”  But having mastered that he moved on to form his own group, Weather Report.  During his stint with his group, his “quest” took him to Jazz Fusion. He’d go on to compose many jazz standards and refined modern Harmonic language."

 

 

Edited March 25, 2023 by GregK

[gvopedz]

Maybe the piece was written by ChatGPT,  If you have not heard of ChatGPT, it is a new AI chatbot that, in a few seconds, can write a paper on any topic for students.  More info here:

https://thewalrus.ca/chatgpt-writing/

 

[Niko]

Chatgpt can do more than that... I think you could feed it that Shorter obit and then let it rewrite any text of your choice in the style of Dr Seay

[Ken Dryden]

8 hours ago, Niko said:

Chatgpt can do more than that... I think you could feed it that Shorter obit and then let it rewrite any text of your choice in the style of Dr Seay

And it still would come off as amateurish…

[kh1958]

 

[Daniel A]

On 3/24/2023 at 2:13 PM, Ken Dryden said:

If Seay’s piece is typical of what to expect from Jazz Times, they will likely be bankrupt within a year or two.

The printed magazine lasted only two more months.

[felser]

On 3/25/2023 at 5:48 AM, GregK said:

It's like she didn't even at least check Wikipedia before writing this!

 

"If we review his career, we know that he started with Be Bop. His work with Art Blakey was “pace-setting.”  But having mastered that he moved on to form his own group, Weather Report.  During his stint with his group, his “quest” took him to Jazz Fusion. He’d go on to compose many jazz standards and refined modern Harmonic language."

 

 

Didn't he spend a little time with some obscure trumpet player in between those two gigs?  Thought I heard a bootleg or something of that.  Rhythm section seemed pretty decent...

[JSngry]

2 hours ago, Daniel A said:

The printed magazine lasted only two more months.

The streaming platform remains operational but has yet to add any new content.

There's a video of a Mickey Bass group with Carter Jefferson on there, though, that should probably be gotten before it goes.