Klarinet Archive - Posting 001113.txt from 2000/12

From: "Kevin Fay (LCA)" <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Julius Baker vs. Zoon
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 19:28:49 -0500

gtg noted:

<<<I, like DH, wasn't going to reply to this gross, blown out of proportion,
put words in my mouth, misinterpretation of my email I sent out about the
great Julius Baker (who I happen to love, just not as much as Jaques Zoon).
Zoon is considered by many to be the greatest flutist out there today . . .
Please let me know if I ever said Baker sucked, or I didn't like him... or,
great technique doesn't matter. I'm sure I didn't write anything between
the lines. Maybe too much eggnog on your part!>>>

I'm terribly sorry if I misinterpreted your intent, but your actual post
stated that Julius Baker

<<<. . . and his clones phrase like metronomes also! Technical perfection
is only great when it's used as a tool to express something musical.

So therefore, I graciously disagree about Baker being one of the best wind
virtuosos. To me, that would
mean having it all: style, ample technique, taste, musicianship, ears,
flexibility, etc. That's not to say I don't appreciate a technical freak
every so often, just as long as they aren't boring! Give me Zoon any day...
missed notes and all. Only my opinion. :)>>>

To be sure, you did not say that Julius Baker "sucked." What we read were
your own words stating that, in your opinion, Mr. Baker and/or his "clones":

-- "phrases like [a] metronome";

-- does *not* have all of "style, ample technique, taste, musicianship,
ears, flexibility, etc.";

-- is a "technical freak"; and

-- is "boring."

Again, if I jumped to a conclusion, please forgive me. But it's certainly
reasonable how a person could take this the wrong way.

kjf

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