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KickThatBathProf:
He basically told us our band was not very good and that we were bad musicians because we couldn't rattle off 5 or 6 jazz musicians of our own instrument. I mean, this is a high school jazz band and most of us weren't necessarily that serious about becoming musicians yet, but that doesn't mean we were bad musicians. I just expected better treatment for someone who was known for his contributions to music education.
pilsner:
I'm just kind of amazed Ellis heard your high school jazz band play in the first place. How the crap did that happen? I ask because I have been trying to get Britt Daniel to come over and play Rock Band 2 with me and he just won't. Says he's washing his hair, but I find it difficult to believe he washes his hair every evening including weekends.
KickThatBathProf:
He was playing at our town's jazz festival and he had like a little hour-long clinic with us beforehand.
pilsner:
Well I heard some of the stories about why him and Wynton weren't talking to each other for about 10 years so I'm not surprised. That's a damn shame though. He seemed really nice when I saw him perform. Not that that means anything. You just kind of want to hug him a bit, playing with four of his kids and all.
Bastardous Bassist:
--- Quote from: KickThatBathProf on 22 Oct 2009, 20:57 ---He basically told us our band was not very good and that we were bad musicians because we couldn't rattle off 5 or 6 jazz musicians of our own instrument.
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That's an odd thing, because I remember on the first day of the school year in high school jazz band (many years ago), our teacher asked us to do the same. I think I was the only person to make it to five, and I had to go for a guy I wasn't sure if he was a bassist or a drummer since I could only remember seeing his name on my Pat Metheny Trio live album (turns out Larry Grenadier is one of my favorite bassists these days). Some of the guys in my jazz band were really good. Like, definitely better than I was at the time (I didn't believe that at the time, but now I can see it).
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