Klarinet Archive - Posting 000495.txt from 2003/04

From: "Patricia A. Smith" <patricia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Young Man With a Horn
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:37:11 -0400

Dan Leeson wrote:

> For years, that is what I thought was true about jazz and classical
> improvisation. I didn't do it well not because I was untrained, but
> because I didn't understand how "to feel it."
>
> Now that was a scene full of horsehockey!

Dan, I read this later than most - been away working, and a bit ill.

But AMEN to what you just wrote. It is horsehockey INDEED! Playing
jazz, like any other kind of music, takes practice, listening, and HARD
WORK! Bless your soul for tellin' it like it is.

Patricia Smith

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