[Trombone-l] improvisation

[Earl Needham]

At 04:32 PM 6/10/2005, Jeff Albert wrote:
>On 6/10/05, edneeley at juno.com <edneeley at juno.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I still disagree with the DG "my way or the hy way approach." Plus, why 
> would you seek this guy out?
> >
> > Ed
> > """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
>
>Well Walter already addressed the "my way" portion, but I'll take a
>shot at the why one might seek out Dave Gibson part.
>
>He's got two CDs out on a known and respected jazz label.  He is
>regularly employed in a jazz group that is led by Slide Hampton, and
>populated by James Moody, Randy Brecker and the like.  He sounds
>great, and is a  nice, straight forward, giving, kind of cat.  He has
>given lots of thought and energy to understanding what we do and why
>we do the things we do as improvisers.  Those are the reasons why I
>would seek him out.

         On the other hand, "Ed Neeley" is totally unknown...

         Earl


Earl Needham, KD5XB, Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk
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