Originally Posted By: Mac
Originally Posted By: bobcflatpicker

In other words, “the only way you can play with me is to be able to pull this song off”.


When I was a young man entering into the jazz performance arena, being able to *properly* play a Bebop tune was a difficult to master right of passage. If you didn't know The Bird, you couldn't get a gig.

--Mac


I agree with Mac, this paradigm is alive and well in pretty much every genre (but especially applicable to jazz due to the complexity of the material and the high likelihood that the average musician CAN'T hang with the rest of the seasoned performers in the band)

... which brings me back to the reason why I'm gearing up for a solo act...


Last edited by Pat Marr; 05/22/13 08:17 AM.