tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post4526289098915640511..comments2024-03-27T22:41:44.357+00:00Comments on bebop spoken here: Dave Newton & Dean Stockdale @ The Globe Jazz Bar - March 15.Lancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04494856116843281101noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-81755423538586649572015-03-18T18:43:56.704+00:002015-03-18T18:43:56.704+00:00Proof of the gasbook's durability lies in the ...Proof of the gasbook's durability lies in the number of artists who approach, shall we say The September of Their Years? suddenly discover the legacy of music they have chosen to ignore in their glory days - it's akin to seeking "the grey vote". Dylan may well be sincere - I have yet to hear the album - just as, I'm sure, Rod Stewart, Robbie Williams, Westlife and others Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04494856116843281101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-83440868206533209552015-03-18T17:22:32.395+00:002015-03-18T17:22:32.395+00:00Buried! never! and as for lifting them out of the ...Buried! never! and as for lifting them out of the grave, sorry Bob Dylan, they have never been out of the light of day, and yes I agree with Bill Harper, there has been no good song writing since the 60's. Lloyd Webber's stuff is repetitive and boring. GASbook will live forever, recorded by all the greats, and appreciated by anyone who understands a wonderful lyric and arrangementLiznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-52668580351681418172015-03-18T12:47:01.442+00:002015-03-18T12:47:01.442+00:00Explaining recently why he had decided to do an al...Explaining recently why he had decided to do an album of Great American Songbook numbers associated with Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan said: 'I don't see myself as covering these songs in anyway. They've been covered enough. Buried, as a matter of a fact. What me and my band are basically doing is uncovering them. Lifting them out of the grave and bringing them into the light of day.'JCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-768320290432480272015-03-18T11:13:43.051+00:002015-03-18T11:13:43.051+00:00Well said Bill .Well said Bill .eric mckenzie Stuttnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-57426966949955958552015-03-17T20:57:29.246+00:002015-03-17T20:57:29.246+00:00I am amazed that someone who didn't actually a...I am amazed that someone who didn't actually attend the concert can pass comment on it's content given that you can't possibly now how the pieces were actually perfomed(as it happened they were performed with great panache) if you honestly think that there has been no decent original music composed since 1960 then with all due respect you opinion is meaningless. I have no problem stevebfchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551257196807508301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-87822258636664398012015-03-17T12:57:41.433+00:002015-03-17T12:57:41.433+00:00My sentiments exactly Bill - Long Live the GASbook...My sentiments exactly Bill - Long Live the GASbook!Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04494856116843281101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-27964655749079235612015-03-17T12:50:16.321+00:002015-03-17T12:50:16.321+00:00Being domiciled in France, I obviously didn't ...Being domiciled in France, I obviously didn't catch the two piano concert at the Globe but I am amazed that anyone could find fault with the programme which was certainly taken from that treasure trove, the GREAT AMERICAN SONG BOOK. There were tens of thousands of beautifully constructed songs written during this period (1920--50) which allow inventive jazz musicians to improvise in a Bill Harpernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-7706652878883850002015-03-16T19:53:03.312+00:002015-03-16T19:53:03.312+00:00Not keen on that band either although Robbie has p...Not keen on that band either although Robbie has penned a couple of decent numbersstevebfchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551257196807508301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-12149042441713239762015-03-16T17:08:48.460+00:002015-03-16T17:08:48.460+00:00Ha - take that!Ha - take that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-68642434452120555192015-03-16T12:47:36.919+00:002015-03-16T12:47:36.919+00:00Thank goodness two such gifted musicians didn'...Thank goodness two such gifted musicians didn't find a tune less than 50 years old to play!Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04494856116843281101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-278457261190359462015-03-16T12:35:26.954+00:002015-03-16T12:35:26.954+00:00Such as shame that two such gifted musicians could...Such as shame that two such gifted musicians couldn't find a tune less than 50 years old to play.stevebfchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551257196807508301noreply@blogger.com