[NewMusic] wayne county shape-shifters

[David Slusser]

On the way home for dinner tonight, I saw someone not
unlike myself, walking at 40th & Telegraph - black random
t-shirt and jeans, over-the-ear-headphones, striding and
intently concentrating on some inner world he was hearing.
I saw myself at the same time I saw our own ww, who now
comes to the edge of flaming poor Travis, who I was about
to contact to see where I could get the drugs he is on.

(Seriously, folks...)  To understand Bitches Brews perhaps
inflated reputation, you might have had to have been there.
Some artists will tell you context is everything.  In 1969,
when it was recorded, and 1970, when the buzz really got
out, it was sui generis - in a class by itself.  It certainly
sounds average now, perhaps even mediorcre.  Reverential
playing of same can certainly cause irritation.  Back in the
day, it was shattering, if you can believe it.

All stated opinions have been valid, given the context.
Without getting too personal, I was a senior in high school
when it came out, trying to get a handle on jazz as a
tenor saxophonist, but doing rock jams with my con-
temporaries.  Lights went on and whistles went off when
I first heard one of the last standing jazz leaders leaping
off to play in the fields of idioms.  I suppose it's not as
much about the music as the leap.

On Jul 2, 2007, at 10:44 PM, weasel walter wrote:

>> though for argument's sake, what I was trying to say was that
>> bitches tends to act as somewhat of a musical gateway for further
> weirdness
>
> i'm not convinced of this claim. please demonstrate statistics. i  
> don't
> personally know anyone other than you whose gateway to weird music was
> bitches brew. you may have had that crystallized moment, which is why
> you're having a minor tizzy about it.
>
> you like it. i just think it's okay - there are a lot of electric  
> miles
> albums i like better. these are opinions. last time i checked this  
> was a
> discussion group. i'm discussing things. discussion is supposed to  
> take
> place in a discussion. if it doesn't make you happy that i don't love
> bitches brew as much as you, i'm so awfully sorry. it doesn't  
> necessarly
> make me a snob or whatever you're trying to say anyone who  
> dismisses the
> album is . . . you should go after john shiurba instead because he  
> said
> he actually hates it. i was just recommending other miles davis  
> electric
> albums to damon smith. i know what his taste is and my response to him
> was to enlighten him, not to make you cry.
>
> please don't come here and tell people what they can and can't talk
> about. it's boorish and egotistical. if you find the discussion here
> annoying, feel free to unsubscribe at your leisure.
>
> ww
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