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Si raised some interesting points in his most recent Talk of the Town podcast.
He compared live and filmed concerts he’d seen by Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson to Bruce H. shows.
I’ve not attended multiple concerts by many other artists except Bruce, & Si’s observations bring some questions to my mind: 1) Are there any other “pop music” artists that use improvisation in their setlist or style of playing? Which ones?
2) What do you think Bruce’s place in “pop music” history will be? When someone mentions his name in the year 2040 or 2050, what will people say about the man and his music?
Jackie
treah wrote:1) Are there any other “pop music” artists that use improvisation in their setlist or style of playing? Which ones?2) What do you think Bruce’s place in “pop music” history will be? When someone mentions his name in the year 2040 or 2050, what will people say about the man and his music?
Off the top of my head and perhaps to provoke more discussion —
1) Other pop improv’ers: Zappa, Stevie W., George Clinton and PFunk, Primus, Grateful Dead. That grouping is certainly not conclusive, just sayin’….(and the degree of improv by each artist cited might vary, but is there in a large amount nonetheless)
2) BH place in pop history: A talented songsmith and an almost impossibly proficient, versatile, and kickass piano player who synthesizes (pun intended) any and all American pop styles with an increasing dollop of both modern classical and American songbook influence. A ‘true’ music fan ignores BH at his/her considerable peril 😆
T
Add to the list of improv’ing poppers —
— Pearl Jam, Allman Bros, and Black Crowes.
More to come, I’m sure —
T
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