Jazz Articles about Meinard Kneer

Ab Baars, Meinard Kneer, Bill Elgart: thrīe thrēo drī

by Mark Corroto
December 3, 2021

The trio of Ab Baars, Meinard Kneer, and Bill Elgart obliges listeners to reflect on how they listen to freely improvised music, not in a concert setting where the listeners' attention is in effect captured, but the act of listening to a performance from recorded format. A fellow critic eschews records, saying that the experience is spurious and lacks the vitality of an in-person attestation. Does his philosophy cut off his nose (or ears) to spite his face? Proof of ...