"A greater melodic gift than Jon Coltrane!".......Don't be silly Salim! A panel discussion shouldn't immediately devolve into rootless sycophancy as Salim Washington so effectively executed! The "wrong notes" assertion that he laughingly mentioned was quickly rubbished by the more knowledgeable Dr Dalamba who correctly explained that the notes are "not just colouristic" but are "intrinsic to the logic of the music." That being said, Bheki's "wrong notes" are not "South Africanisms" but logically placed notes garnered from his study of a sphere of Jazz perfected by John Coltrane whom he never surpassed! His mentor! "He takes the Coltrane idea of moving in major thirds, but he moves it in the opposite direction!!" Er...even in the opposite direction...it's still major thirds!!! DO NOT lift one brother up and at the same time pull down an ascended musical master!! There is no Bheki without John Coltrane or Mcoy Tyner.
I needed this, so Inspiring, R.I.P Babu Mseleku
"A greater melodic gift than Jon Coltrane!".......Don't be silly Salim!
A panel discussion shouldn't immediately devolve into rootless sycophancy as Salim Washington so effectively executed! The "wrong notes" assertion that he laughingly mentioned was quickly rubbished by the more knowledgeable Dr Dalamba who correctly explained that the notes are "not just colouristic" but are "intrinsic to the logic of the music." That being said, Bheki's "wrong notes" are not "South Africanisms" but logically placed notes garnered from his study of a sphere of Jazz perfected by John Coltrane whom he never surpassed! His mentor!
"He takes the Coltrane idea of moving in major thirds, but he moves it in the opposite direction!!" Er...even in the opposite direction...it's still major thirds!!! DO NOT lift one brother up and at the same time pull down an ascended musical master!! There is no Bheki without John Coltrane or Mcoy Tyner.