by "ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
Published 11/03/2017 at 10:03
by "ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
Published 11/03/2017 at 10:03
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Freddie Hubbard in all his glory, with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Hubbard was just 24 years old when this recording was made. It’s a shame this video cuts off after Freddie’s solo.
"CKeffer" (KefferCameron)
11/03/2017 at 10:11, STARS: 1
I will always star good jazz, and this is definitely that....actually the entire album that “Moanin” appears on is damn good.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
11/03/2017 at 10:12, STARS: 1
Though I am a trumpet player by trade, I never learned how to play jazz. Listening to Hubbard, I wonder if he was simply born with it. I simply can’t imaging playing trumpet like this.
"KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs" (kusabisensei)
11/03/2017 at 10:30, STARS: 1
Jazz gets an automatic star. Accidental jazz organ (as I have been apt to do during practice sessions while missing keys and inserting things a half step off) is also acceptable.
"CKeffer" (KefferCameron)
11/03/2017 at 10:31, STARS: 0
Some musicians just see to have the gift. Anyone can become technically proficient with an instrument given enough time and practice, but to really make it come alive and sing the way he and a few others do, that’s a gift that can’t be taught.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
11/03/2017 at 10:47, STARS: 1
I don’t know. I think that there are certainly prodigies who come to music with much of it already formed in utero . Just like there are prodigies of science and medicine and driving. I have heard remarkably talented technical musicians play without a single drop of soul, while I have heard mediocre musicians who just get music but lack the physical refinement. For those not born with the gift, time and age can do wonders. I turn 51 this year, and I feel like I am only now just really starting to get it. It’s a bit like listening to Brahms. In college, I thought it was overwrought and boring. As an adult, one who has lived, learned, loved, and lost, I finally understand the poignancy of his music. So, I agree that anybody can become proficient, but I also believe that music making can be learned, though it may take a lifetime of listening, growing, and maturing.
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
11/03/2017 at 10:54, STARS: 2
This is the way I felt in art school. I could make a very good, technically proficient drawing if I really took my time and worked on it, but for some of my classmates, incredible, beautiful work just flowed from them with seemingly no effort.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
11/03/2017 at 10:58, STARS: 1
Some people get intimidated by that. I choose to be inspired by it.
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
11/03/2017 at 11:24, STARS: 2
Definitely. I didn’t quit, but “art” is freelance, on the side, and my day job is much more technical.