tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14790591.post6564231102771392445..comments2023-11-05T02:59:27.283-08:00Comments on wordsandmusic: Birthday... Cecil Taylor... Coleman Hawkins/Ben Webster... Annette Peacock... Rickie Lee Jones... Charles Gayle/John Tchicai...Rod Warnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14812717242954233213noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14790591.post-62597080407044614772008-04-16T13:26:00.000-07:002008-04-16T13:26:00.000-07:00re Carmen - must check that out - not listened to ...re Carmen - must check that out - not listened to her for a long time... and thanks to HIB for birthday greetings! Belated blogging at the moment - off to Berlin for a week and things hectic before leaving!Rod Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14812717242954233213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14790591.post-41516281227641597022008-04-16T13:23:00.000-07:002008-04-16T13:23:00.000-07:00Happy belated...Happy belated...Happy In Baghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325328547476858000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14790591.post-79110706119679916422008-04-11T22:06:00.000-07:002008-04-11T22:06:00.000-07:00OK, I just read Dorward's review. I imagine it's p...OK, I just read Dorward's review. I imagine it's possible I might share some of his feelings if I heard the whole recording, but that little excerpt sounds fine to me. By the way, my favorite version of "Love Me Tender" is Carmen McRae's from her wonderful late album "Any Old Time."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14790591.post-67208409230868674512008-04-08T11:57:00.000-07:002008-04-08T11:57:00.000-07:00... thanks for birthday wishes... just been out ce...... thanks for birthday wishes... just been out celebrating with an old friend who has a birthday today... a double aries hit for the mystically inclined... for which I will no doubt suffer later... re the Bill Dixon thing - I have a feeling that people approach him from the old jazz/free jazz critical end of the spectrum and don't hear what he is actually trying to do now - it's not about chops in that sense... certainly stirs up debate even still...Rod Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14812717242954233213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14790591.post-40619304316886735322008-04-08T10:47:00.000-07:002008-04-08T10:47:00.000-07:00Oh, and, pace Jerry Seinfeld, happy birthday.Oh, and, pace <A HREF="http://www.pkmeco.com/seinfeld/visa.htm" REL="nofollow">Jerry Seinfeld</A>, happy birthday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14790591.post-61179352476661124802008-04-07T21:53:00.000-07:002008-04-07T21:53:00.000-07:00Solipsism has its place (speaking of which, here's...Solipsism has its place (speaking of which, here's a song title that I made up: "Slippin' into Solipsism Again"; now all I have to write is the rest of it), but I think the word is more applicable to a certain pianist. Dixon's playing may not me technically impressive there, but he's clearly listening and responding to the piano. I find it odd to single this out as particularly objectionable, considering all the honking and screaming that appears on so many Taylor albums, from which Dixon differs mainly in his restrain - unsurprisingly, since I recall an interview in which he said that he refused to succumb to the "fireworks" that typify Taylor's sidemen (he also said that he didn't care for Taylor's post-'60s musical direction, but I think this interview was in the '70s or '80s, and I don't know how Dixon feels about Taylor's more recent work, which honestly I'm not too familiar with).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com