wynton vs. fusion (Re: Jazz Heads)

From: dj.t.bird@att.net
Date: Sun Feb 06 2000 - 10:17:22 MET

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    the next time wynton says anything anti-fusion, bring up
    an album called "fuse one" w/stanley clarke, george
    duke, wynton & others...

    -t
    > But, I've got to say this about Wynton M. He can rock it, I mean swing it,
    > hard. He's just one of those cats that was born 50 years too late.
    > Rachmaninoff was like that, too. And, I've got to say Wynton's original
    > posse rocks, as well. Jeff "Tain" Watts, Marcus Roberts, Robert Leslie
    > Hurst, those guys on some of those early albums picked up where Miles'
    > "Nefretiti" group with Herbie, Wayne Shorter and Tony Williams left off.
    >
    > When listening to Wynton, don't think, "What a pompous windbag this
    > synthesizer and funk hater is" but just try to listen without prejudice....
    > When I do that, I think, "that's serious musicianship and some innovative
    > approach to older music in a classic context," which it is.
    >
    > . Especially
    > > >since Wynton Marsalis and his regressive cohorts
    > > >declared that cloning and rehashing was better than
    > > >plain trying to kick your shit whichever/however.
    >
    >



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