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I remember when I first started going to jazz festivals as a fan and eventually as a participant. I was in my late teens and early twenties when I made the observation that, each year, the same personalities and groups were appearing on all of the festivals. I'm talking late 70s and early 80s. The lineups ...
Ladies First
Where are the Ladies? I've been on a personal campaign for several months focusing on one subject in particular but not limited to that one subject exclusively. It's a common topic of discussion that I have with my students and friends which concerns an issue that plagues the music, not necessarily from the perspective of the ...
Sounding "Young"
Here's my answer to a young saxophonist who asked me to evaluate his playing at a competition where I was a guest on the judicial panel. (He didn't win, by the way.) “Concerning your playing, I have very few recommendations. You pretty much got every judge's approval at the semi-finals and we all had you hands ...
Live the Life First.
By Greg Osby I recently returned from a great tour of Italy with my band. It was both revealing and triumphant on many levels. While we were out, an Italian friend read and translated to me a review of one our concerts. The writer commented that the band sounded somewhat uninspired and misdirected, or something to ...
A Shift Has Taken Place
I'm noticing that a lot more younger people are attending our shows all of a sudden. A couple of weeks ago week I did the Vanguard in trio format with Paul Motian and Jason Moran. Each night the place was populated by an under 30-ish crowd by at least 50%. Not only was it refreshing to ...
Quiet Fire
I played a week at Birdland with Jim Hall recently and on some nights, as a result of Jim's direction, a large part of our sets was played very softly - almost to a whisper. It was an effective choice for many reasons. Not only did the audience find it to be captivating and were naturally ...
Articulate!
Just a small observation: I find that many saxophone players have very little or no punctuation process in their playing. For some, there isn't a well enough defined attack at the beginning of phrases and sustained tones - at least to my ears. Sometimes complete lines are slurred throughout, which does little to detail the separation ...
Freedom of Choice
To my surprise, the original Jazz Bums blog entry set off a mini-firestorm online as it obviously touched the nerves of a few who are offended by the very idea of looking decent while performing, as well as others who are offended by the sound of my playing and/or music. At this point in my career, ...
Jazz Bums 2
I'd like to offer a few last points here in order to clarify my position, then I'll be done with this subject. Please bear in mind that my opinions and offerings here are based on my own experiences and observations, and that I'm well aware that many will disagree with them. That said, to those who ...
Jazz Bums
Somewhere along the way, I haven't determined exactly when, it became acceptable for some musicians to think showing up for live (Jazz) performances wearing the same clothes that they wear anywhere else is the thing to do. These days it isn't that uncommon that a patron of the music, with hard-earned cash in hand, will venture ...
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