[Tradjazz] Gerry Mulligan

[trevor rippingale]

Steve and Bruce :
                 Hurray for breadth of vision, both musical and otherwise. 
"We pass this way but once", as some great person once said : no second goes 
at it !.
                      Trevor.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: <tradjazz at list.okom.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 12:31 PM
Subject: [Tradjazz] Gerry Mulligan



> So, McN and Trevor also like Mulligan?

>

> And why not, the man was playing polyphonic counterpoint which is what

> Dixieland is. :-) VBG

>

> And like Pee Wee and Bix, and some others of us now playing the genre, he

> used a few more modern chords than the originals.

>

> And why not? Shouldn't Dixieland evolve?

>

> Hey Bruce; Interesting about Bix's influences. Since he couldn't read, and

> was self taught, he relied upon his "EARS" and what he heard. Just like 

> you

> and me. Hey, maybe that's what's needed with more of today's players? Like

> the GREAT ONES were all untrained ear players, at least at first. E.G.

> Louis, Bechet, Bix, Baker, and even Parker who kept saying his version of

> the music was something he was hearing, but hadn't yet figured out how to

> play until Gillespie, another "ear" man came along.

>

> And Monk? He always wanted you to learn his tunes by ear, not by reading 

> the

> dots and he would not give you the music unless you were stymied.

>

> Too much theory/reading will screw you up. :-) VBG.

>

> Cheers,

> Steve

>

>

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