Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: "Mueller, Rob" <rob.mueller@eds.com> >>> Depending on who is doing the street photography I might agree. But anyone with a camera can 'go out' and 'do' photography. some of it may even be good. But 'the anyone with a camera' is not analogous to Jazz. I hope you don't infer that anyone can do good jazz. but in my relationship with jazz (as a player and a listener) it is a culmination of years of dedication and effort. The learning of the instrument is therefore necessary. Jazz doesn't neccesarily break every rule. some of it is avant garde (to coin an old phrase) and 'out there'. but much of Jazz to me is emotive of the moment and maintained within the music. It is a relationship with the other players and an outlet from all of your past experiences that brings Jazz together. >>> Rob Mueller Studies in Black and White www.studiesinblackandwhite.com rob@studiesinblackandwhite.com - -------------------------------------------- It's definitely a moment. A spot where things just go together, often beyond comprehension, especially when one is involved - it's not something you can try to do, but it does take time for it to happen often jgar ciaisup there. The salon/street could be winton marsalis/j coltrane. Perfection that is habitual and defined doesn't reach the level of improvisation That Works. A moment within music is something more than just the music itself, as you mention it's a relationship (where that total is more than the sum of parts, at least emotively. The M6 is something of this sort.