Who Are Your Favorite (Brilliant) "Jazz Crazies"?
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Who Are Your Favorite (Brilliant) "Jazz Crazies"?
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08-12-2012, 06:05
(This post was last modified: 08-12-2012, 06:05 by Nick Dilley.)
What I mean is, who is your favorite jazz artist that was a bit off his/her rocker?
For me, it's gotta be Thelonious Monk and Mingus. Both BRILLIANT, both a little off... Thoughts? 
08-12-2012, 06:17
Both of those two are fantastic. If we're just looking at bebop, I would also add Coltrane and Coleman. Both were a bit loony, but they were still geniuses. In the whole field of jazz, I'd have to say that my favourite crazy jazz musician would be Sun Ra. I mean, really? You came from Saturn? Your music's out of this world but I find that hard to believe.
08-12-2012, 08:18
Frownland Wrote:Both of those two are fantastic. If we're just looking at bebop, I would also add Coltrane and Coleman. Both were a bit loony, but they were still geniuses. In the whole field of jazz, I'd have to say that my favourite crazy jazz musician would be Sun Ra. I mean, really? You came from Saturn? Your music's out of this world but I find that hard to believe. I wasn't aware that Coltrane was considered loony, too. LOL forgot about Sun Ra. It's been a while, but I'm gonna go re-acquaint myself right now!
08-12-2012, 15:51
Nick Dilley Wrote:I wasn't aware that Coltrane was considered loony, too. Well, I don't know if he was technically loony, but he did become a bit antisocial when he got into free jazz and people assumed that he was going off of the deep end. 
08-12-2012, 16:16
I didn't realise Mingus, one of the greatest 20th century composers IMHO, was considered off his rocker. I guess you can state that for a lot of jazz players and musicians and people in general !...lol Interesting thread though. I saw a video on avant garde/free jazz once and they interviewed the fabulous improvisational pianist Cecil Taylor and he appeared to me as a tad peculiar.
Nick Dilley Wrote:What I mean is, who is your favorite jazz artist that was a bit off his/her rocker?
The ultimate connection is between a performer and its' audience!
09-12-2012, 03:18
Music Head Wrote:anyone who says what they think to anyone is considered a little odd And, of course, the honesty of composition is saying what one thinks to everyone! That's just the composer in me talking, though. 
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