tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post4771571018068647576..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: No More Concerts From Keith JarrettUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-13299773828559419682020-10-24T12:09:11.693-04:002020-10-24T12:09:11.693-04:00Whoops- yes, I meant trio, not quartet! Sorry-Whoops- yes, I meant trio, not quartet! Sorry-kevin quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880872194080353414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-34136766192979523102020-10-24T01:09:49.880-04:002020-10-24T01:09:49.880-04:00Kevin,
Jack De Johnette was part of his trio, his...Kevin,<br /><br />Jack De Johnette was part of his trio, his quartet being a group from the mid-70s with other musicians. De Johnette is still alive at age 78, but sadly the bassist of that trio, Gary Peacock, died in September.rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-80477875654069376772020-10-24T00:13:40.388-04:002020-10-24T00:13:40.388-04:00I was not a fan of the solo stuff, but the late qu...I was not a fan of the solo stuff, but the late quartet recordings, with the great drummer Jack Dejohnette are unbelievably good. However, a mute button on his voice would have been nice at every stage of his career!(Those ECM quartets were boringly diatonic, IMHO.) He was a seeker, though -- no doubt--and one of the greats.kevin quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880872194080353414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-18189875795006661762020-10-22T15:01:45.652-04:002020-10-22T15:01:45.652-04:00I'm not as much a KJ fan as you are, Barkley, ...I'm not as much a KJ fan as you are, Barkley, but this is certainly very sad news. I saw him play a few years later at UW when he was part of the Miles Davis band. He blew the audience away by playing simultaneously on a piano and a Hammond, one hand on each. (With wah-wah pedals of course.) In fact, everyone who wasn't Miles was great that night.<br /><br />KJ is the source of one of my favorite economics quotes. I heard him interviewed on NPR maybe 3 decades ago. The interviewer said something like, "Keith, a lot of people say your music sounds sort of New Age. What's your opinion of New Age music?" His reply: "The problem with New Age music is that, if there weren't a market for it, it wouldn't exist." Profound about the limits of markets and extrinsic motivation.Peter Dormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093399591393648071noreply@blogger.com