I saw that Herbie Show when it passed through San Francisco back in June. I thought, Herbie's playing was marginal. Moreover, he didn't really seem to be "feeling" it, just kind of phoning it in if you will. Frankly, I think, Herbie's tired of doing the acoustic stuff. He brought his Headhunters clan to the Fillmore in March, and his performance that night, made you feel like you got your monies worth. I decided not to watch the Grammy's, I tend to get extremely nauseous when watching awards shows. What kind of award was Shorter up for? Thanks, Zornlisters. Bruno
From: Zach Steiner <zsteiner@butler.edu> To: 'skip Heller' <velaires@earthlink.net>, ssmith36@sprynet.com, "'Zorn-List (E-mail)'" <zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: RE: Who'da thunk? Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 08:30:02 -0500
What the hell did Herbie do/play this yr that rated a Grammy, or even a wizened little nod?
Directions in Music. It was a crowd pleaser tribute to Miles and Coltrane. I saw them live when they came around, but I didn't bother buying the album. I enjoyed the group much more when Brecker and Hargrove shut up. Herbie played very well with drummer Brain Blade bassist and John Patitucci--he played a show stealing solo, which was far better than Brecker's solo attempt at Naima. An enjoyable evening? Yes. Grammy worthy? Probably not.
Zach
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on 2/24/03 8:58 AM, Bruno N at fortytwos@hotmail.com wrote:
Frankly, I think, Herbie's tired of doing the acoustic stuff. He brought his Headhunters clan to the Fillmore in March, and his performance that night, made you feel like you got your monies worth.
This kind of thing has been said before, and Herbie always manages to show up somewhere and play something just magical (check out his soloing on DOUBLE RAINBOW, the Joe Henderson album of a few yrs back, where he's clearly in the mood and in the moment). For that matter, Brecker has played -- throughout his career -- some heart-stopping shit as well. But my attitude towards pretty much all of these Miles tributes is that very few of them sound inspired because so few few of them are doing anything other than what people were doing anyway, which was to play tunes his bands recorded in a head/solos/head style. But you can get more attention if you put MILES DAVIS in the press release and on the cover. I swear, Miles is becoming to jazz radio what Motown is to oldies radio. sh http://www.skipheller.com (the new and improved website)
Shorter (and Dave Douglas, for that matter) was up for the award that Herbie won. Steve Smith ssmith36@sprynet.com -----Original Message----- From: zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Bruno N Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 11:58 AM To: zsteiner@butler.edu; velaires@earthlink.net; ssmith36@sprynet.com; zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com Subject: RE: Who'da thunk? I decided not to watch the Grammy's, I tend to get extremely nauseous when watching awards shows. What kind of award was Shorter up for?
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