My sentiments too, Russ. Sure we can nitpick all we want, and Chick Corea is a better pianist and Sarah Vaughn could out sing her, but to play at the level she’s playing takes a life time of dedication. Plus I am absolutely certain that most people (not musicians) would prefer her music over Chick Corea because her music is so much more familiar and accessible.
Paul, I'm usually with you but I think if someone puts a youtube performance up, they're usually looking for feedback. A critique isn't worth a dime if it isn't honest. After a half century of looking at, listening to, and playing, jazz music, I think I'm entitled to make honest, NON-mean spirited, evaluative comments. I don't think Fran took offense to that. Human nature being what it is and testosterone-fueled tendencies being what they are; men tend to be more defensive about any PERCEIVED slights to the opposite sex, whether deserved or not, especially if she happens to be 'fair of face' (CUTE). I'm sure my critique (NOT put-down) would have gone pretty much un-noticed if she looked like Bride of Frankenstein. So in the end, it's not about whether she can play better than you or me or whether her music is more 'accessible' than Chick's; it's about 'how would you critique this performance'. I'm sure a lot of those little geniuses at Berklee and Julliard can outplay their teachers but that doesn't mean that that seasoned musical education professional can't critique them.
As I said, I agree with you on 99% of things so this is just a minor blip
. Take care.
BTW, your signature quote "It not the keyboard, it's the keyboardist" is probably the MOST-QUOTED in Synthzone history
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chas
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