Danny Barnes and Bill Frisell

Northwest String Summit, Hornings Hideout, North Plains, OR, 7-20-08

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[warpar]

everyone should just shut up and listen to the music. Danny and Bill are both incredible, underrated musicians...and they're playing together!

[kc7fys]

Underrated by whom? As far as I have ever seen they get full credit for their greatness. Two giants on one stage.

[thnkfree]

Actually zepapires, I think it's more like they just kind of stumbled into playing this piece. I've seen Barnes play a few Monk pieces solo before this was recorded. If you've ever seen one of his solo shows you would know that there is nothing outside of Danny Barnes "idiom". I've seen him play it all and play it well. Many influential jazz musicians know who Danny Barnes is.

[zepapires]

Besides to be an outstanding musician, Bill is known for being a very nice and humble person. My impression here is that he is trying to help Danny to play the song, something certainly out of Danny's usual "idiom". I'm a big Thelonious Monk fan. So is Bill. He has wonderful versions of several Monk tunes recorded in many of his albums. Perhaps you might like "Monk in Motian", where the trio Paul Motian, Frisell and Joe Lovano plays Monk's music (including Epistrophy). Safe journeys, adeg77

[adeg77]

I like to see if anyone has an opinion based on knowledge of modern jazz, rather than just an ad hominen comment, not to listen to this "playing" around with "Epistrophy." For a benchmark, search on YouTube for "Monk Epistrophy" and listen to the the Paris, 1966 version by Monk's quartet.

[zepapires]

Wow ! Thanks for the kind words, adeg77.

Well, English is not my native language.

I can write in Brazilian-portuguse, French,

Italian or Spanish, if you prefer, but except for the first, I doubt that my grammar will be much better. No big problem for me, since I live in Brazil.

Even more amazing is that you consider this "mindless" version "possibly the worst of Epistrophy" you will ever hear", and, even so, you still back here to hear it and/or to comment about it.

[adeg77]

Well, Mr. Funkybutt, the person who, in your esteemed estimation, isn't "anybody" has recorded four CDs, was a jamming buddy of Paul Butterfield, and produced a record featuring Muddy Waters and Otis Spann. Let's hear why you're such a "somebody."

[adeg77]

So, he's "playing" with the tune, but not actually improvising. Now that is really "amazing!" Even more "amazing" is the insight that Monk would like to hear this mindless version of "Epistrophy" (he was extremely critical of the way others played his tunes), since he has been dead for over 25 years. And the childish grammar of your next-to-last sentence indicates that you have no head to even find the head.

[zepapires]

When he is not in tour, just for fun Bill likes to play with his buddy Danny Barnes. Here he is obviously playing with "Epistrophy". Even so, he sounds amazing ! Monk would like to hear this. Please, show 66adeg where is the toilet. 5 stars for Bill !