tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11840313.post776434305682633264..comments2024-03-10T10:54:59.776-07:00Comments on Ben Witherington: All That Jazz--- in Daytona BeachBen Witheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017701050859255865noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11840313.post-10316409423461597932009-04-23T06:24:00.000-07:002009-04-23T06:24:00.000-07:00Would like to have been there. sigh.
Suggs, inter...Would like to have been there. sigh.<br />Suggs, interesting comments about Matheny, I am a fan, but his personal views on spiritual matters are very disturbing, along with his condescension towards others. I care nothing for Kenny G but I do like Ritenour; say what you want, the man can play. Matheny's music does seem to have an element of great longing in it, to my mind. I always wonder what certain artists would do if they had a conversion experience, as Bob Dylan did 30 years ago. Who knows?John Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01584577160006751298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11840313.post-20371347190458465312009-04-22T10:03:00.000-07:002009-04-22T10:03:00.000-07:00Ben, see what you think of these political jazz so...Ben, see what you think of these political jazz songs:<br /> <br />http://kathleensings.comHacksaw Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08779494116778446650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11840313.post-31665807037916683722009-04-20T20:22:00.000-07:002009-04-20T20:22:00.000-07:00I'm over smooth jazz, but I'm a huge fan of Pat Me...I'm over smooth jazz, but I'm a huge fan of Pat Metheny Group--and some of his solo projects, particularly Secret Story. Metheny is gracious and likable at concerts and in interviews, but he can be outspoken at times. For example I don't know if you read his rather vicious open letter to Kenny G. Not that what he said didn't have truth, but it was pretty unforgiving. I think he has leveled Lee Ritenour as well. I note from his site that Metheny is really embracing a lot of the fad atheism books and thinks they're very "important," which is a shame to me because his music works so well for worship for me. It is the most ecstatically spiritual contemporary music that I know of, thus I never grow tired of any of it. All this tangential to your post, but the Chris Botti thing made me think of it. I will certainly check out the YJ with Mike Stern; didn't know that had transpired.Rob Suggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04565586727038679732noreply@blogger.com