Shakehip@aol.com
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 11:53:59 EDT
Musicianship wise, I don't think Medeski goes anywhere near hunter... Hunter
is doing something original. He adapting the B-3 idiom to his instrument and
creating his own type of groove. Medeski basically is repackaging old bag
stuff. Reuben Wilson is doing the exact same thing Medeski is now, but he's
barely getting any air play. (Actually, Reuben is using a bass player on
some of his albums, but we'll forget about that temporarily.) You are right
though, it is turning the new generation on to the classics, but still... a
bass player ???? I'm sorry, I play the B-3, and there isn't anything the
two of them do that I can't do with my right and left hand. And people are
so blown away because they haven't really seen the masters at work.
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