Reading this wonderful essay and listening to the selections is like kicking back with a glass of vintage port, a plate of stilton cheese within reach. A treat to savor. Such good writing and informed perspectives. A delight!
You say you "can’t come up with a more direct example of how one artist so profoundly affected another than what occurred between Ahmad Jamal and Miles Davis" -- I know it's not quite the same, but how about Jimi Hendrix's affect on Stevie Ray Vaughan?
And well done for using the word "cosy"! (Can I persuade you to use the English spelling?)
Reading this wonderful essay and listening to the selections is like kicking back with a glass of vintage port, a plate of stilton cheese within reach. A treat to savor. Such good writing and informed perspectives. A delight!
Thanks for your informed prose and respite from the news.
Great stuff as always!
You say you "can’t come up with a more direct example of how one artist so profoundly affected another than what occurred between Ahmad Jamal and Miles Davis" -- I know it's not quite the same, but how about Jimi Hendrix's affect on Stevie Ray Vaughan?
And well done for using the word "cosy"! (Can I persuade you to use the English spelling?)
Another great "Listening Sessions"! Always a pleasure to read and think about the great artiststhat we have lost, but their music remains with us.