Re: (TV) 2 cents on Rap/dissing Richard.

[jpg <jpg@sirius.com>]

With all due respect I did listen to him. Like you said he had style at the
expense of substance. But at some point there has to be substance.

Eric Gregory wrote:

> jpg wrote:
>
>  That's fine. But to put him in the company of Eric Dolphy or Billie Holiday
> is
>  preposterous. The guy has not mastered his instrument and has never
> impressed
>  me as anything but a poseur. I hung around the lower East side scene and my
>  impressions all come not from second hand info. but from being there.
>  Now if Hell is a genius , prophet, etc. in your book or life that's fine.
> But
>  he ain't no virtuoso and it's a stinking disservice to people such as
> Dolphy ,
>  Holiday ,'Trane, etc.
>  If my candid comments are bothersome so be it. All I'm trying to do is gain
> a
>  clear perspective.
>
> i don't think anyone's claiming hell to be  a "virtuoso" in the sense yr
> describing/defining.
> but listen again to his bass playing....NOBODY & i mean NOBODY plays the
> bass like he does.
> he did what he did with soul & chutzpah & was a serious inspiration to
> non-musicians everywhere.
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