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thank you!

or "ugly beauty" i really put this in as a response to motherlode's great post on the bebop scales and their value to music - which also seems like another way of understanding the LCC. i was in class today, and these 2 chinese guys showed a film they'd made about water and other things wh...

If Parker's contribution to music was the bebop scale, and Cage's contribution was "chance operations", what is the contribution of The Concept? PS: One of THE most interesting aspects of the Concept (in comparison with other contributions mentioned) is that it's originator is still active...

motherlode,

i'd wanted to ask about your take on the other bebop scales - i've seen different formulas for them. and you gave us the major. but what about the minor, etc?

thanks a lot!

bob

that's beautiful. i still remember the first lesson when my teacher showed me a bebop scale. i was like 40 at the time - and i was shocked. it didn't seem possible that the music i'd loved had come from this simple alteration of the order of notes played. c parker. wow. ps: there is a funny ps to th...

I got it. Sounds nice... thanks!

mother,

i pm'd you last night asking for a copy of the steve kuhn transcription and mp3, please: bob@robertappleton.com

thanks

I was just reminded tonight that Steve Kuhn occupied the piano stool in the John Coltrane Quartet BEFORE McCoy Tyner.

hi dds. we're all still over at the aaj site defending truth, justice and the lydian way. sorry if you feel alone over here. come and see for yourself. it's been going well... with some large attitude changes http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/showthre ... post344976

bob

okay, okay 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, and i almost forgot... life sucks and then you teach wait... wait... the news of the hour, as dogbite reminded me earlier today, is that there is a mid-conversion of a pc to a mac on the aaj forum under the thread maj7b5... on www.allaboutjazz.com forums / Music Theo...

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i must agree with mother - the forum is sounding pretty good these days. both of these coltrane interviews are great. the first one, i think, is on the miles davis double cd from scandinavia where coltrane and sonny stitt share the tour. and the second i hadn't heard before - after 45 minutes you he...

i'm in new york, hearing absolute... it works

wow