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I think the article takes the "discrimination is important" quote as cryptic and philosophical when it has a very real meaning. Compare it to an interview with

I think the article takes the "discrimination is important" quote as cryptic and philosophical when it has a very real meaning. Compare it to an interview with the great Dizzy Gillespie: > Interviewer: What’s it take to make a great trumpet player? > Dizzy Gillespie: (long pause) Well, the first thing is to be a master shit detector. Detect what is valid and what is not. And to the well-known Feynman quote: > The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool. What Monk is getting at is that when you're woodshedding (practicing by yourself) and trying to build up your playing and improvisation, you have to be your own critic a lot of the time. Are you really playing something hip, or are you playing something corny? Are you swinging? Are you making the chord changes? Are your time and intonation as good as you think? Amongst all the other musicians you hear, live and recorded, are you selecting the influences that are really going to build your playing in the way you want? If you're coming up with ideas on your own, are they really fresh and valid, or are they just the first thing that came to your mind?

idontwantthis 4y ago
Any idea what “all reet” means?
- biggieshellz 4y ago
  Same thing as "all right" but different, you dig? See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4deSYYzffM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4deSYYzffM by Cab Calloway Or the lyrics before the solo break in Zappa's "Zomby Woof".
- yesenadam 4y ago
  In the vout dictionary, 'reet' is defined as 'right, yes, okay'. https://fromtheothersideofthemirror.com/2009/04/09/the-original-hipster-dictionary/ https://fromtheothersideofthemirror.com/2009/04/09/the-origi... Vout is Slim Gaillard's (very silly) language. Hear it spoken here with Bird and Dizzy, uh I mean Daz McSkiven Vout-o-roonee : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvxpIFZGfAE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvxpIFZGfAE
throw7 4y ago
When I read that, I thought of this quote: "Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass." - Zappa
kevinwang 4y ago
Right, and it also connects to what he wrote about not playing all those fancy notes, and about how what one doesn't play is important. An undiscriminating musician plays everything that comes to mind. A discriminating musician chooses what notes to play.

idontwantthis 4y ago

Any idea what “all reet” means?

biggieshellz 4y ago
Same thing as "all right" but different, you dig? See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4deSYYzffM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4deSYYzffM by Cab Calloway Or the lyrics before the solo break in Zappa's "Zomby Woof".
yesenadam 4y ago
In the vout dictionary, 'reet' is defined as 'right, yes, okay'. https://fromtheothersideofthemirror.com/2009/04/09/the-original-hipster-dictionary/ https://fromtheothersideofthemirror.com/2009/04/09/the-origi... Vout is Slim Gaillard's (very silly) language. Hear it spoken here with Bird and Dizzy, uh I mean Daz McSkiven Vout-o-roonee : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvxpIFZGfAE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvxpIFZGfAE

throw7 4y ago

When I read that, I thought of this quote: "Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass." - Zappa

kevinwang 4y ago

Right, and it also connects to what he wrote about not playing all those fancy notes, and about how what one doesn't play is important. An undiscriminating musician plays everything that comes to mind. A discriminating musician chooses what notes to play.