on 6/28/02 12:08 PM, Perfect Sound Forever at perfect-sound@furious.com wrote:
It's not the same because he's challenging his audience DIFFERENTLY each time out though still
I don't see it that way. The instruments might vary, but the context throughout is user-friendly to the Cecil consumer.
challening them each time neverthless. If he did come out with a record that sounded like the last one, THAT in itself would be radical (though likely an unwelcome) change for him, not to mention totally against everything he's worked for.
Maybe a simpler way to explain this is to say that you would expect a Cecil record to be challenging each time and it is. That is in itself is not a surprise. What is surprising is how he challenges you each time.
I don't feel challenged by him. Entertained, very much so. he's fantastic. but i think being a cecil fan is like being a humphrey bogart fan. he has a definite stock in trade, his craftmanship is flawless, and he pretty much does the same job every time out -- splendidly. The challenge is in being edward g. robinson -- being little caesar -- who you hate -- one minute, a henpecked husband -- who you root for -- the next, and getting people to believe you equally both times as much. skip h (who thinks ornette colemen would issue more of a challenge to his audience playing on a diana krall record than he would by playing with dave douglas)