Votes will be tallied in one week.
put me down for evans.
crib
I like both..but I believe that Bill Evans influenced Jarrett, so, the
point is basically mute.
K.C.
<< Bill Evans influenced Jarrett, so, the point is basically mute. >>
huh? how does that make the point moot?
coleman hawkins and lester young influenced just about everyone who's picked up
a saxophone since. if i had to list ten of my favorite saxophonists, i doubt
either of them would be mentioned.
the question isn't who's more important -- just who do you personally enjoy
more. just 'cause barry harris comes from bud powell doesn't mean i can't
prefer harris' playing. (by the way, if you haven't heard, harris has a new
album out with his trio -- george mraz & leroy williams -- on venus records.
great stuff, that. while you're at it, check out david hazeltine's horace
silver tribute on venus -- also terrific.)
crib
moot.
"Someone likes every shot"
bk
T.C.
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Top Catt wrote in message ...
And why do other people have to be scolds? If you don't like what
I write, don't read my posts--or killfile me if you like. I
couldn't care less.
T.C.
Dave Frank
Having celebrated the 28th anniversary of my first day of teaching last Monday,
I must commend those of you who pay absolutely no attention to the question
that was asked. It does my heart good to see that things haven't changed over
that time.
nsmf
Exactly right crib. If the only criteria was about who influenced who, then
only the very earliest people in any genre would automaticly be the
greatest, and there would be no reason to even continue. Bolden and
Armstrong would always have to be the greatest because they were first, but
IMO that doesn't mean that everyone is going to *like* them more. I'd
usually prefer to listen to Miles. Hawkins or Bechet would automaticly be
*better than* John Coltrane, but I'd usually prefer to listen to Coltrane.
Monteverdi or Bach would automaticly be the better than Mozart or Wagner,
but that doesn't mean everyone is going to like them more. I don't really
agree with the "1st is best" kind of thinking. Sometimes the later people
could be considered "better" for the simple reason that they were able to
use the earlier people's contributions and improve on things from there.
BTW, I'd probably vote for Evans, but I like them both.
Josh
Coming up on my 21st high school reunion this year, it does *my*
heart good to see that teachers hven't changed any, either. A
quote that seems appropriate here (the context is a teacher
addressing a room full of junior high students--he's just shut
off their televised lesson):
--All right let's have order here, order...! he'd reached the set
himself and snapped it into darkness. --Put on the lights there
now. Before we go any further here, has it ever occured to any of
you that all this is simply one grand misunderstanding? Since
you're not here to learn anything, but to be taught so that you
can pass these tests, knowledege has to be organized so that it
can be taught, and it has to be reduced to information so that it
can be organized do you follow that? In other words this leads
you to assume that organization is an inherent property of the
knowledge itself, and that disorder and chaos are simply
irrelevant forces that threaten it from outside. In fact, it's
exactly the opposite. Order is simply a thin, perilous condition
we try to impose on the basic reality of chaos...
--But we didn't have any of this, you...
--That's why you're having it now! Just once, if you could, if
somebody in this class could stop fighting off the idea of trying
to think. [...]
(From "J R," by William Gaddis [Knopf, 1975])
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Gotta stick to that old lesson plan--how dare someone give
something other than a direct answer to a question!
T.C.
"Ian McElroy" <iandm...@home.com> wrote in message
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Rick
<< good point but who's your vote for? >>
i was the first to reply. i voted for evans.
crib
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I voted for Nader--who's now playing cocktail-lounge piano
(badly) at the Marriott Turnpike Motel in Whippany, New Jersey.
Hey, a man's got to make a living...
T.C.
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yeah, i saw him there last week. he was singing a
sorrowful ballad about the depletion of old-growth
forests by piano-makers.
Touche! Jarret but only Jarret on piano and *not* the solo Jarret.
--
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the guy at the Temple of Zeus
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As a whole I prefer Evans. But Jarret has some great moments. I hate
his vampy stuff though. Evans also limited the bass and drum solos more
which is better for my tastes.
FWIW, I really don't think this thread is about comparing. I think it's more
about taste. If I had my druthers, I'd have voted for Gene Harris, Bud Powell,
Art Tatum, Jaki Byard, or Earl Hines over either of them...not to mention James
P. Johnson or Fats Waller or Teddy Wilson or Mel Powell or Thelonious Monk.
nsmf
>For what it's worth, I rarely see the value in comparing two musicians
>unless they are trying to accomplish exactly the same thing. To the extent
>one could say Jarrett and Evans cover the same territory when Jarrett is
>doing his "Standards Trio", I'd say I generally prefer Evans. But then,
>Evans has never done anything remotely like the rest of Jarrett's output,
>from the 70's quartets to the solo improvisations to the classical albums,
>so when I'm in the mood for that, I'm obviously going to have to choose
>Jarrett.
So do you like it here, or in the summertime?
--
Henry L.
hlo...@pipeline.com
I bet he could if he tried, but if T.C. won't defend his right to decline
the false dichotomy, I will.
If forced to stay "on point", however, I'd agree with Steve - Paul Bley.
--
Henry L.
hlo...@pipeline.com
>They're both way, way, down near the bottom of my list (based on
>my personal tastes, not on whether they're "good" or "bad"
>pianists). Eric just made a listening suggestion of Red Garland,
>and I'd certainly rather hear him than either Evans or Jarrett.
>Or, in no particular order, I'd also rather hear Tyner, Taylor,
>Byard, Hines, Tatum, Powell, Monk, Nichols, Silver, Garner,
>Hancock, Cables, Hyman, Weston--you get the idea. If I continued,
>I'd probably have to add another dozen names before I even got to
>Evans and Jarrett. Basically, I don't listen to either of them,
>except for Evans when he happens to be on a Miles Davis album.
Agreed, except that if you confine it to 'when they happen to be on a Miles
Davis album', I'd have to go with Jarrett (c.f. "At Fillmore").
--
Henry L.
hlo...@pipeline.com
'smatter, cat got your druthers?
--
Henry L.
hlo...@pipeline.com
> Just a poll, nothing too important just wondering who does everyone like
> more Jarret or Evans.
>
> Votes will be tallied in one week.
Both are wonderful, but I listen to Jarrett far more.
--
Robert Schuh
"Everything that elevates an individual above the herd and
intimidates the neighbour is henceforth called evil; and
the fair, modest, submissive and conforming mentality,
the mediocrity of desires attains moral designations and honors"
- Nietzsche
"The meek shall inherit nothing" - Zappa
> On 18 Feb 2001 06:38:10 GMT, crib...@aol.com.go.away (crib) wrote:
>
> >as long as it's just a "who do you like more" poll -- as opposed to some "who's
> >a better pianist" nonsense -- i can dig it. i'll be interested to see the
> >results, if you get enough people to participate.
> >
> >put me down for evans.
> >
> >crib
>
> I like both..but I believe that Bill Evans influenced Jarrett, so, the
> point is basically mute.
>
> K.C.
This makes no sense at all. Are you saying that no one can be better or preferred to
anyone who went before them?
> They're both way, way, down near the bottom of my list (based on
> my personal tastes, not on whether they're "good" or "bad"
> pianists). Eric just made a listening suggestion of Red Garland,
> and I'd certainly rather hear him than either Evans or Jarrett.
> Or, in no particular order, I'd also rather hear Tyner, Taylor,
> Byard, Hines, Tatum, Powell, Monk, Nichols, Silver, Garner,
> Hancock, Cables, Hyman, Weston--you get the idea. If I continued,
> I'd probably have to add another dozen names before I even got to
> Evans and Jarrett. Basically, I don't listen to either of them,
> except for Evans when he happens to be on a Miles Davis album.
>
> T.C.
Wow,
I wonder what this guy's bias is?
Needless to say, you stopped listening to music 50 years ago.
Ulf
Rick
it seems clear to me now that its goal was not to rate jarrett as compared to
evans, but rather to demonstrate that many rec.music.bluenote participants take
things WAAAAAY too f@#king seriously.
collect stamps, folks. stress relief is *not* over-rated.
crib
Collect stamps, crib? I digitally restore old photographs and go
target-shooting, myself. Both are very relaxing hobbies--now,
with stamp-collecting, you can always wind up in a battle with
other philatelists over who or what belongs on the stamps; and
those guys are more vicious than British footballers! :-)
T.C.
---------Steve
<snip>
>Needless to say, you stopped listening to music 50 years ago.
No, I said the people I named were people I'd prefer to listen to before either
Evans or Jarrett. I also should have named Bobby Enriquez and Monty Alexander.
nsmf
> > collect stamps, folks. stress relief is *not* over-rated.
> >
> > crib
>
> Collect stamps, crib? I digitally restore old photographs and go
> target-shooting, myself. Both are very relaxing hobbies--now,
> with stamp-collecting, you can always wind up in a battle with
> other philatelists over who or what belongs on the stamps; and
> those guys are more vicious than British footballers! :-)
For stress relief, try an eight foot piece of balsa/styrofoam versus
your nearest ocean (mine being the Pacific.)
--
[Remove bodies from address for email.]
{Friends don't let friends cross post.}
I agree with the vamping comment on Jarrett, it gets to be kind of like nails on
a chalk board, feels so good when its done. I think he has a lot more music to
contribute in the following years and I will be there listening. I really like
the trio playing on the Standards Vol XX. Someone mentioned that they did not
like his solo playing. I have a copy of "The Melody Alone with You" (I think
that's what it's called), and if it were just a little smoother and more lush,
you would swear it was Evans except better recording quality.
Evans, on the other hand is the source. It is hard for me to listen to Jarrett
without hearing Evans especially the ballads and even in his arrangements. For
me, Evans' solo playing is the real deal. There is no better in setting a mood
and taking you on a tour through a tune. It is so gentle and subtle. When its
all done and you reflect, you feel you've been somewhere. That is the element
that I am trying to develop in my playing. If anyone can suggest other records
or artists, I would be appreciative.
The other issue for me is the sonic quality of the recordings. The Jarrett
records I have are of excellent quality, (even with the singing). I have some
solo recordings of Evans that has some very substantial music on it but the
quality of the recording is so bad I have a hard time getting through the
record. Well, take Sunday at the Village Vanguard for instance. How could people
talk and jingle their glasses through those performances? That one is marginal
but I have some recording where he has overdubbed a second part, amazing to
listen to him comp behind himself, but the distortion on the recording hurts, I
actually feel pain.
Also, no one has mentioned Oscar Peterson. Obviously a different style but also
important. I like his very inside style of soloing, blues, and rhythmic
accuracy. He swings like a M.F. I don't have any solo of him though.
So my tally goes like this, Jarrett for sound quality and trio, Evans for solo,
trio and soul.
Evans gets my vote today overall. But I suspect as my record collection grows
with more Jarrett, who knows what that guy will come up with next, I may change
my mind.
-Brian
: Votes will be tallied in one week.
Polls suck.
--
Marcel-Franck Simon Hewlett Packard
"Papa Loko, ou se' van, wa pouse'-n ale' Florham Park, NJ
Nou se' papiyon, n'a pote' nouvel bay Agwe'" min...@fpk.hp.com
>I agree with the vamping comment on Jarrett...
>...Someone mentioned that they did not like his solo playing.
Then they have not listened to the Koln Concert.
Part I is completely addictive.
Bob Knauer
---
Democracy is a form of religion - the worship of jackals by jackasses.
--H.L.Mencken
>I think my answer to that question is obvious.
>Erin
so who do you like then ?!?
we have these really good looking girls living next door, one of them
looks a lot like meg ryan and often comes around to loot my drinks
cabinet when drunk... anyway, she wanted to know who bill evans was
looking at my cd tower.. so naturally, i player her 'boy next door' by
bill. she was impressed :)
puck
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>I voted for Nader--who's now playing cocktail-lounge piano
>(badly) at the Marriott Turnpike Motel in Whippany, New Jersey.
>Hey, a man's got to make a living...
hey, at least you have some jazz near you :)
Re: Bill Evans Vs. Keith Jarret
erin...@webtv.net (Erin Evans) stood up, raised ones hand and
gleefully exclaimed:
I think my answer to that question is obvious. Erin
Puck asked then introduced us to his brazen (but cute) neighbors:
Rick
> It wasn't until later in life
> that I really began to appreciate his work
As great admirer of the work of your uncle, I would be very much interested
in your views, observations and anecdotes. ...joe
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Re: Bill Evans Vs. Keith Jarret
Group: rec.music.bluenote Date: Thu, Feb 22, 2001, 1:48am (PST+3) From:
ttc1...@taconic.net (Joe Finn)
Erin Evans wrote:
It wasn't until later in life
that I really began to appreciate his work.
heya,
And his relationship w/ my
>father was quite close. So I have an apparent bias and subjectivity to
>the question posed (but I hope I am not disqualified from the poll :-)).
>But just for the record, my vote goes to Bill Evans (surprise).
i think if i had been related to such a giant i would be biased too.
i am in no way qualified to talk about the relative merits of evans,
jarrett or any of the giants simply because my age and pedigree (have
only been easing myself into jazz over the last five years) leaves me
with a lot more listening, feeling and reading to do before i can even
start to talk intelligently about jazz. however, i do see the genius
in both pianists. i would call evans pleasurable and jarrett
beautiful. it would be a futile argument to work out which one of
those adjectives is more alluring but i think it was the new england
spinster who wrote, 'the heart asks for pleasure first...'
basically, when i listen to evans it is like listening to a flow of
colours that turn into emotion. 'some other time', one of my favourite
evans pieces is very much like that. you just sit there and stare at
the ceiling and wonder what is going on and why is everything so
serene and magical. that is why i find evans pleasurable. also because
ailsa loves him!
jarrett on the other hand is exquisite (her comment, not mine). i do
not know what to think of the koln concert or the album changeless.
they are a cochopholy of untravesed emotions that remain uncharted,
there is a sense of the 'heavens' in these albums. they are more
fulfilling than then colourful. i said to ailsa that she reminded me
of 'part II b' from the koln concert. she said it was beautiful.
so i can not really make up my mind. i think i would have found it
very difficult if either of the two hadn't existed...
>Hope the neighbors at least leave a couple of bottles behind.
well, i only tend to have wine at home and for that matter rioja.. and
once you open a bottle it just has to be consumed :)
yours
<< i am in no way qualified to talk about the relative merits of evans, jarrett
or any of the giants simply because my age and pedigree (have only been easing
myself into jazz over the last five years) leaves me with a lot more listening,
feeling and reading to do before i can even start to talk intelligently about
jazz. >>
judging by what comments you have made, you're off to a pretty damned good
start.
crib
I have to confess to not knowing much about either of them. The first Keith
Jarrett CD I bought was the truly wretched _Belonging_ on ECM, with the most
horrid smooth jazz soprano sax playing, courtesy of Jan Garbarek, this side
of Kenny G. Next I tried _Fort Yawuh_ on Impulse, which I enjoy a great deal.
Thus far, however, I can't decide if I like it because of Jarrett's playing
or in spite of him (I'm a big Charlie Haden and Dewey Redman fan so it's a
no-brainer that I would like this album).
The only Bill Evans album I've heard was _Trio '64_, which I picked up just
because the store had a "Buy 2, Get 1 Free" sale and there were only two CDs
there I really wanted. It's a very dull collection of standards which I
struggle mightily to get through in one sitting.
Now if I wanted to investigate these two guys further (which I do to some
extent, although neither is a high priority for me), what would you folks
here recommend I try next? The obvious answer for Jarrett is "more of his
Impulse stuff", I suppose, but I have no idea what to try from Evans. If
it helps to make recommendations, my favorite jazz pianists include Andrew
Hill, Herbie Hancock, Cecil Taylor, Horace Tapscott and McCoy Tyner.
-Brad
NP: Marion Brown - Afternoon of a Georgia Faun
For a wonderful collection of Peterson, including him soloing, check out
"Exclusively For My Friends".
I'm still a fairly new listener, but I'd like to recommend a few more
wonderful solo recordings from other pianists:
Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Himself
Earl Hines: Jazz Royalty--Hines Plays Ellington
Enjoy.
Agenbite
>puck offers:
why thank you. this group is a big help in any case.
regards
I like Bill Evans the most! Could you compare Bill with Keith? I don't think
so, because both have their "own marks" in the history of Jazz, especially
their jazz-styles are complete different and also the Jazz-period(s)!
Enjoy, playing, listen and talkin' about Jazz!
René.(jazz-world)
P.S.: more about jazz-world; http://members.home.nl/jazz-wereld/
In article <6iJj6.124013$t94.1...@news1.rdc1.bc.home.com>, Ian McElroy
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>Just a poll, nothing too important just wondering who does everyone like
>more Jarret or Evans.
>
>Votes will be tallied in one week.
>
>
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