Thank you for introducing me to Matthew Shipp and Jeff Schneider.
Shipp's comment "the guy is not a pianist" is probably all he needed to say.
I don't "follow music" anymore. Even when I did, I was still a know-nothing.
Likewise, in the world of blogging, tiktok, twitx, FB, IG, Pintrest, ... and Substack, we have "stars" who receive a lot of attention for things that should be ignored.
This is truer in the connected age than it has been in the past.
It is also true that the gatekeepers of yore kept us from some amazing acts, initially. The clearest example was the Salon and the Impressionists.
People have always broken out. Not everyone makes it. There is no solution to this. I mourn some of the acts I've missed, but mostly for wasting time with acts I should have missed.
Yes, you certainly made some good points here. I’m supposed to be working, so that’s my brief response. Thanks for reading and commenting! Please stay in touch.
Shipp's critique reminds me of the very abstract and free flowing liner notes that Ralph Gleason wrote for Miles Davis' "Bitches Brew" album- except Gleason raved about that album.
Yes, yes— good call! I didn’t accept what Gleason was saying when I first read those notes, approx 1982. But over the years I came to really love that album. I couldn’t hear it at first.
Thank you for introducing me to Matthew Shipp and Jeff Schneider.
Shipp's comment "the guy is not a pianist" is probably all he needed to say.
I don't "follow music" anymore. Even when I did, I was still a know-nothing.
Likewise, in the world of blogging, tiktok, twitx, FB, IG, Pintrest, ... and Substack, we have "stars" who receive a lot of attention for things that should be ignored.
This is truer in the connected age than it has been in the past.
It is also true that the gatekeepers of yore kept us from some amazing acts, initially. The clearest example was the Salon and the Impressionists.
People have always broken out. Not everyone makes it. There is no solution to this. I mourn some of the acts I've missed, but mostly for wasting time with acts I should have missed.
Yes, you certainly made some good points here. I’m supposed to be working, so that’s my brief response. Thanks for reading and commenting! Please stay in touch.
Shipp's critique reminds me of the very abstract and free flowing liner notes that Ralph Gleason wrote for Miles Davis' "Bitches Brew" album- except Gleason raved about that album.
Yes, yes— good call! I didn’t accept what Gleason was saying when I first read those notes, approx 1982. But over the years I came to really love that album. I couldn’t hear it at first.