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Bob Feldman: Triplicity
by Clifford Allen
In Art Taylor's seminal book of interviews, Notes and Tones (Da Capo, 1977/1993), the drummer asks Dexter Gordon what he thinks of free jazz. Gordon's answer is, naturally, ironic and non-committal, but he closes with although the way you play it [Arthur] is very good. Art Taylor did, after all, have a brief career as a free jazz drummer in Paris during the early '70s, working regularly with Frank Wright as well as sitting in on the odd avant-garde sides ...
read moreBob Feldman: Triplicity
by Clifford Allen
In Art Taylor's seminal book of interviews, Notes and Tones (Da Capo, 1977/1993), the drummer asks Dexter Gordon what he thinks of free jazz. Dexter's answer is, naturally, ironic and non-committal, but he closes with although the way you play it [Arthur] is very good. Art Taylor did, after all, have a brief career as a free jazz drummer in Paris during the early '70s, working regularly with Frank Wright as well as sitting in on the odd avant-garde sides ...
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