Feel Better Yet?
by ChrisNovember 3rd, 2004 7:09 pm
No? Me either.
I thought I would take this opportunity to break away from politics and talk about something uplifting. I was recently introduced to the music of John Taylor. Not since the first time I heard the music of John Coltrane have I been so overwhelmed by a listening experience. In my mind, Taylor’s musical conception is a revolution in serious American art music. His music is the future and, I hope, the shape of jazz to come. His harmonic concepts and use of melodic development, are alone, enough to give him the status of giant. His intensely creative and tasteful use of metric modulation in their employ, puts him on a whole new playing field.
At some point I’ll be sure to review him more comprehensively. In the mean time, if you are feeling more than a little blue and have the ears to hear, I urge you to pick up a John Taylor record.
Despite my hope that you would buy music from a local retailer, I’m providing an Amazon link because Taylor’s albums are pretty difficult to come by.
