[Trombone-l] Sam Burtis and the ITA CD

[George Carr]

Yeah, I hear you, too.  I have some phoned-in live jazz recordings
where you can just tell the crowd was uninvolved, and some startlingly
swinging live jazz recordings where you can tell the crowd's energy is
really synergetic (synergistic?) with the band's energy - like I was
just listening to the original Frank Capp Juggernaut LP, and the crowd
is deeply involved in the whole concert.  But I stand by my position:
I also have many ferociously good improvised-in-the-studio jazz
records (e.g. Herwig's 'Latin Side of Coltrane' and Rosolino's 'Free
for All' come to mind) and anticipate hearing many more.

George

On 10/13/06, dslide13 at aol.com <dslide13 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> I hear you, George.  But, in an improvised music, the audience and performer
> feed off of one another moreso than in other non-improvised genres.
> Certainly, live performances of through-composed works can demonstrate the
> effect of the audience through variances in dynamics, tempo or phrasing.
> But, the language of improvised music changes from performance to
> performance and can be greatly affected by the audience.  I love to see
> improvised music live....and short of that, I prefer live recordings of
> improvised music.