[NewMusic] Marco Eneidi's Animal Farm

[Phillip Greenlief]

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On Behalf Of Matthew Goodheart 
Subject: Re: [NewMusic] Marco Eneidi's Animal Farm

On Feb 28, 2007, at 11:50 AM, Phillip Greenlief wrote:

> I would say that your comment about coming out of the mold is
accurate.
> I would say that your comment that it is "quite bit different" is not
> accurate. Different, yes - quite a bit different - I'm not sure.

I always found an analogy between Marco's playing to Jimmy Lyons  in 
the way that Eric Dolphy's playing related to Charlie Parker's. Clearly 
rooted in the earlier musician, taking some of the implications and 
extending them while simultaneously giving them an individualistic 
twist. In a way,  a traditionalist approach and an interest in a 
perceived continuum.

PG:
That is what I tried to say - I think I said "he's not an imitator", but
he "comes out of the tradition of Jimmy Lyons"...

MG:
I remember one time after a rehearsal with Marco and Glenn, Marco left 
and Glenn and I sat listening to records (!); Glenn put on a Jimmy 
Lyons disc to play me some of the tunes we had been working on. The 
minute Lyons started soloing, we smiled at each other. Glenn said "Now 
you know where Marco's coming from. . . "

PG:
Exactly, "where he is coming from", not "imitating".

I REALLY miss Glenn!

MG:
Sorry to have missed the gig, a migraine put me out of commission most 
of the weekend. . . Is Marco still in town?

PG:
I'm not sure - I think he's here dealing with some issues regarding his
father's declining health. I assume he's still here. I wouldn't know how
to contact him.

I struggled with migraines for years, and it helped a lot when my
acupuncturist got me to swear off coffee. Apparently, migraines are
connected to the liver...and the liver has a hard time processing coffee
- I don't know if this applies to you - but if it does, it might help to
"get off the stuff".

I like coffee and I miss it, but not enough to suffer migraines - it
also made my lifelong bouts with insomnia much worse...it's nice to get
a whole 6 hours of sleep these days. That's as much as I've ever been
able to manage, except when I lived in St. Petersburg and took naps in
the afternoons. I keep thinking I should move back there.