tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805349633929216432.post174763182602830560..comments2023-10-29T01:01:46.622-07:00Comments on Streaming News from Keezer's Brain: Bring back the Groove! (in "jazz", that is...)Geoffrey Keezerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17074244336559727181noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805349633929216432.post-86061443522820640322009-06-10T08:53:50.442-07:002009-06-10T08:53:50.442-07:00THANK YOU Geoff...Everything you wrote above could...THANK YOU Geoff...Everything you wrote above could apply to all instruments...It shocks me how many players are out there with no ability to swing or groove, or blow blues without any hint of soul. It boggles my mind actually and I can't wrap my head around just what attracts those types to the Jazz genre...wtf?Rich Daiglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05001113011176087074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805349633929216432.post-60832303063787948892009-03-18T18:55:00.000-07:002009-03-18T18:55:00.000-07:00As the great Jack McDuff once remarked after a gui...As the great Jack McDuff once remarked after a guitarist finished pulling out all of his flashy harmonic tricks on a solo...<BR/><BR/>"Play the blues, motherf*$^ker!"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03996149523886842414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805349633929216432.post-27520423470281735692009-03-11T13:45:00.000-07:002009-03-11T13:45:00.000-07:00Yes yes yes yes yes!!!! YES!Yes yes yes yes yes!!!! YES!Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03636259484482937493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805349633929216432.post-66505489734515983832009-03-04T14:30:00.000-08:002009-03-04T14:30:00.000-08:00Hey Geoff. It's Jesse from Toronto. Just stumbled ...Hey Geoff. It's Jesse from Toronto. Just stumbled upon this blog. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, Keith Jarrett's recent Carnegie Hall gig included an encore of James P. Johnson's "Carolina Shout". That says it all!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02583374487410342887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805349633929216432.post-56184350350317646232009-03-04T10:45:00.000-08:002009-03-04T10:45:00.000-08:00I hear you loud and clear Geoff. So many young Jap...I hear you loud and clear Geoff. So many young Japanese pianists here don't listen to Wyonton Kelly, Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell or Erroll Garner when they start playing. <BR/><BR/>That's why the name of the group I'm leading in Tokyo is named "Groove Pockets" to bring back the groove and the awesome feeling of dropping into the pockets to the musicians and the audiences.George Nagatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05653974828051748484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805349633929216432.post-35861851484848124342009-03-04T10:42:00.000-08:002009-03-04T10:42:00.000-08:00right on geoff. totally right.right on geoff. totally right.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14157813805669952072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805349633929216432.post-421013916150830412009-03-01T20:37:00.000-08:002009-03-01T20:37:00.000-08:00I was at a jam session in NYC and I was surprised ...I was at a jam session in NYC and I was surprised at how little blues happened... even on Red Garland's "Blues By Five." It was as though nobody heard the original.<BR/><BR/>I've been thinking about this issue since George Duke's article about something similar...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com