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Ron, nice blog. I agree that everyone has a place in music.
I prefer a buffet when I want a variety but will still go to a specialty restaurant when I want something that someone has given their all to produce. Vin
Nice article, Ron!
Hope this little anecdote will shed a different light on the difference between good notes and clams… btw, you are probably aware of this already but Jimmy Dorsey’s band-within-a-band was named the “Clambake Seven”… !
Anyway, I was on a mainstream/traditional jazz cruise a couple of years ago and there was an excellent piano player whose name alas I cannot recall….
Came his turn to play a solo and he began by playing just one chord and letting it linger for a few seconds.
This chord was somewhere in that gray area between “right” and “wrong”.
The effect on the audience was immediate… “Oooooohhhh….” said someone, and I think the rest if us felt the same way…
I only wish MY clams on banjo or guitar had the same effect!
Ron, nice blog. I agree that everyone has a place in music.
I prefer a buffet when I want a variety but will still go to a specialty restaurant when I want something that someone has given their all to produce. Vin
Nice article, Ron!
Hope this little anecdote will shed a different light on the difference between good notes and clams… btw, you are probably aware of this already but Jimmy Dorsey’s band-within-a-band was named the “Clambake Seven”… !
Anyway, I was on a mainstream/traditional jazz cruise a couple of years ago and there was an excellent piano player whose name alas I cannot recall….
Came his turn to play a solo and he began by playing just one chord and letting it linger for a few seconds.
This chord was somewhere in that gray area between “right” and “wrong”.
The effect on the audience was immediate… “Oooooohhhh….” said someone, and I think the rest if us felt the same way…
I only wish MY clams on banjo or guitar had the same effect!