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>when Parker returned to the East Coast, he told Gillespie and Miles Davis, “There’s a little white cat out in California who’s going to eat you up.” This was j

>when Parker returned to the East Coast, he told Gillespie and Miles Davis, “There’s a little white cat out in California who’s going to eat you up.” This was just the beginning. This is the jazz world equivalent of God notifying Jesus you're coming for his spot

Guest42 5y ago
Perfect analogy. Interesting to me because Parker’s style is so distinct from Baker.
- tonystride 5y ago
  Maybe that’s the point, he respected someone flourishing with their own sound rather than someone trying to copy them.
redisman 5y ago
It’s cool to see they had such respect for him. Chet was by no means a technical master like the other famous Jazz players and not even technically that good of a singer! But he just had something else that made the rest of his skill set moot
gooseyard 5y ago
It's interesting to think about what Miles Davis would have thought about Chet Baker. On the one hand, Miles was light years ahead of Chet in his intellectual understanding of harmony, but Miles clearly understood the impact of direct, sparse soloing, and I think he probably appreciated what Chet was doing enough to tolerate him if not accept him. There were definitely some Kenny G's in that era who would have gotten the same response from Miles as Kenny G did from Pat Metheny, but I feel like Chet is one of those players who was far from the hippest but was formidable in his taste and that's why people are still transcribing him today.
- jacquesm 5y ago
  > as Kenny G did from Pat Metheny Burn... For those who do not get the reference: http://www.jazzoasis.com/methenyonkennyg.htm http://www.jazzoasis.com/methenyonkennyg.htm
  - mhh__ 5y ago
    https://youtu.be/3u6Ccdh2308?t=99 https://youtu.be/3u6Ccdh2308?t=99 here is the recording in all it's bastard glory. Also this brilliant solo https://youtu.be/uMiPkTqO6yQ?t=29 https://youtu.be/uMiPkTqO6yQ?t=29 ...
  - AutumnCurtain 5y ago
    >spewing his lame-ass, jive, pseudo bluesy, out-of-tune, noodling, wimped out, fucked up playing He's even jazzy with his insults
  - yesenadam 5y ago
    That post, as he explains, was a response to comments people made about his original Kenny G rant video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-mjt1ypiF8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-mjt1ypiF8

Guest42 5y ago

Perfect analogy. Interesting to me because Parker’s style is so distinct from Baker.

tonystride 5y ago
Maybe that’s the point, he respected someone flourishing with their own sound rather than someone trying to copy them.

redisman 5y ago

It’s cool to see they had such respect for him. Chet was by no means a technical master like the other famous Jazz players and not even technically that good of a singer! But he just had something else that made the rest of his skill set moot

gooseyard 5y ago

It's interesting to think about what Miles Davis would have thought about Chet Baker. On the one hand, Miles was light years ahead of Chet in his intellectual understanding of harmony, but Miles clearly understood the impact of direct, sparse soloing, and I think he probably appreciated what Chet was doing enough to tolerate him if not accept him. There were definitely some Kenny G's in that era who would have gotten the same response from Miles as Kenny G did from Pat Metheny, but I feel like Chet is one of those players who was far from the hippest but was formidable in his taste and that's why people are still transcribing him today.

jacquesm 5y ago
> as Kenny G did from Pat Metheny Burn... For those who do not get the reference: http://www.jazzoasis.com/methenyonkennyg.htm http://www.jazzoasis.com/methenyonkennyg.htm
- mhh__ 5y ago
  https://youtu.be/3u6Ccdh2308?t=99 https://youtu.be/3u6Ccdh2308?t=99 here is the recording in all it's bastard glory. Also this brilliant solo https://youtu.be/uMiPkTqO6yQ?t=29 https://youtu.be/uMiPkTqO6yQ?t=29 ...
- AutumnCurtain 5y ago
  >spewing his lame-ass, jive, pseudo bluesy, out-of-tune, noodling, wimped out, fucked up playing He's even jazzy with his insults
- yesenadam 5y ago
  That post, as he explains, was a response to comments people made about his original Kenny G rant video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-mjt1ypiF8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-mjt1ypiF8