Adrian63
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Or given the time of day would that be early evenington lockett ? That aside i wish i could post this under great players and maybe if the thread takes off that will be where it ends up ....I hope so...
I've heard the guys name around for years ; it's not a name you would forget easily .
When the " British jazz scene " over the last fifteen years or so has been mentioned his name has come up as a leading light : a player to be watched though I can't recall having seen or heard him until recently .
The world sax collaboration of a few months back featured him as one of the soloists . The track was more of a funk groove so possibly not exactly his thing and in my opinion that showed in his " solo " which was both rather odd and out of place . Put that down to just one of those things maybe . I got a mail from SYOS today along the same lines . " Blues for Alice " I think was the tune again featuring guest soloists : again featuring ML . Check it out : is it just me or does he seem in a world of his own and not in a good way . Am I missing something here ; is this " borderline " free jazz and I'm not getting it ? His solo is again in my opinion very odd : not bop : not blues : not anything really ; I honestly don't get it . I don't get the whole deal for that matter ; what the fuss is about and to be honest how this guy can be considered a heavyweight player .
Sure I can only go by the two tracks I have sat through a couple of times to try to get my head around it : and I have tried....
So what is your opinion of this guy ? Can somebody point me in the right direction ; show me something that would make me realise he really is a great player ? I mean surely I am wrong here : the general concencus is that he is just that but right now as much as I'd like to I just can't see it.....
I've heard the guys name around for years ; it's not a name you would forget easily .
When the " British jazz scene " over the last fifteen years or so has been mentioned his name has come up as a leading light : a player to be watched though I can't recall having seen or heard him until recently .
The world sax collaboration of a few months back featured him as one of the soloists . The track was more of a funk groove so possibly not exactly his thing and in my opinion that showed in his " solo " which was both rather odd and out of place . Put that down to just one of those things maybe . I got a mail from SYOS today along the same lines . " Blues for Alice " I think was the tune again featuring guest soloists : again featuring ML . Check it out : is it just me or does he seem in a world of his own and not in a good way . Am I missing something here ; is this " borderline " free jazz and I'm not getting it ? His solo is again in my opinion very odd : not bop : not blues : not anything really ; I honestly don't get it . I don't get the whole deal for that matter ; what the fuss is about and to be honest how this guy can be considered a heavyweight player .
Sure I can only go by the two tracks I have sat through a couple of times to try to get my head around it : and I have tried....
So what is your opinion of this guy ? Can somebody point me in the right direction ; show me something that would make me realise he really is a great player ? I mean surely I am wrong here : the general concencus is that he is just that but right now as much as I'd like to I just can't see it.....
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