I wanted to follow up to my previous reply and clarify something I
said...

"They adhere to the musical rules, yet break them at the same time.
Thus is greatness in my book..."

A musican, or artist is not great just because they "break the rules"
any amateur can do that, and many novices do nothing but that
unintentionally. However, an artist/musician that adheres to the
musical "rules" and at the same time is "breaking" them by CREATING
NEW "rules" or forms or boundries...that is greatness.

In jazz...one of the greatest that ever did this within the last 50
years is a saxophone player named Charlie Parker. To this day, every
sax player who picks up the horn looks to Parker for a measure of
virtuousity. For the flute, in the modern day Classical world, in my
opinion, it would have to be Jean Pierre Rampal, and living today it
would be James Galway. In Jazz flute it would be some the players
that I mention in previous posts.




--- In flutemusiconline@yahoogroups.com, zignoda <no_reply@y...>
wrote:
> Wow, if you are anywhere near NYC there are many places /clubs (or
at
> least used to be from what I understand) that play latin jazz /
> salsa ... ala Dave Valentin. In fact, Dave Valentin lives in the
> Bronx I believe. Perhaps you can find him and book a lesson when he
> is in town.
>
> Anyway, I am not surprised about the lack of answers you
> got...unfortunately Dave Valentin is not a "household" musical
name,
> even among flutists, and most classically trained players never
heard
> of him and many don't care or don't understand what he does
musically.
>
> He is one of the few players that stretch the boundries and
perceived
> limitations of the instrument...others are Jeremy Steig, Artie
Webb,
> James Newton, these are all players with a solid musical background
> but yet try to make new things happen on the instrument everytime
> they pick it up. They play beyond the "written page" and much of
the
> time don't have a written page they are playing by...They adhere to
> the msucial rules, yet break them at the same time. Thus is
greatness
> in my book...
>
> Anyway, I am sure if you had a question regarding a classical
player
> or repertoire many of those instructors and shops you went to would
> be more than knowledgeable and have great, useful, and fantastic
> information to give you.
>
> So, keep lookin, keep listening, keep practicing, and keep playing.
>
>
>
> --- In flutemusiconline@yahoogroups.com, "T" <jazz_iz_it@y...>
wrote:
> > Thank you so much for the info!
> > I don't know how many people I've asked this question, and
believe
> it
> > or not - they did not know the answer. People I thought were very
> > knowlegeable flute players & instructors - just proves one can't
> know
> > everything! I even asked this at a couple of woodwind shops up in
> NYC,
> > and struck out there, too.
> > Well Mr. Noda, I'll be in touch and I'll let you know how my
> > practicing is going.
> > Thanks again Mr. Noda!
> > YOU ARE THE MAN!!
> > jazz_iz_it!