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nakim55 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I understood & got Ornettes music when I was 16 in 1972. It makes me laugh that this genius has been around since the late 50's and people still do not hear it. I guess when you grow up with what the media crams down your throat, what can you expect.All of Ornette's music is BEAUTIFUL to me. And I can sing ALL the modes.

josh437781 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

why does this only have 4.5 stars?

trojanlol (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I like Varèse's Ionisation and Poème Electronique, I like Zappa's Nasal Retentive Calliope Music, I like John Zorn's Lithany, but still can't sing a major scale, and am nor a composer nor a great gutarist, does it permit you to deny experimental music, because you think it's all shit ?

trojanlol (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I'm sure that a lot of person can't, because they've never been educated, but I think I'll be able to sing a major scale in few months (want a record hm ?), like every little quite educated classical music's students. What's the point into singing a major scale for a guitarist ? Does it mean you can't hear it ?

trojanlol (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I do not think I'm close-minded, I just say that people should not deny experimental music, like free-jazz, because they don't understand it, or don't appreciate it. And for your question, what does it has to do with our topic ? I can't sing a major scale because I've never taken sing class and am a very bad singer. But I can play it with my instrument.

kevinherbert (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

trojanlol: man, in your last statement you're damned by your own closed mind...no-one's wrong or right...maybe your just another tone deaf jazz poseur looking for a cause..you haven't answered my earlier question: Can you sing a major scale in tune?

kevinherbert (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

phourtay: what do you see in his phrasing??

phourtay (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

i guess if you're looking at what he's playing on a surface level (the fact that it's he's not playing in some sort of predictable pattern and the fact that he's not conforming to typical western rules of thumb regarding music), then i guess you'd be right. but there's more there than just that. you could start by examining his phrasing...

trojanlol (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

lol. You can't do anything that's right. Sometime artist make thing strange just to make strange things... that's not interesting nor pleasant, that's not honest at all. I meant that you shouldn't reject something because you don't understand them. Nor deny Colman's talent, or spit on Avant-Garde, free-jazz and all that. There's a lot of pleasure to get from that kind of music, and people should really listen to it, because it's interesting, pleasant and surprising, maybe a bit "élitiste"