tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010156583915782325.post634604165602987057..comments2011-03-25T08:21:47.453+09:00Comments on a wells or a gibbon?: Way Out West: I Wanna Be a CowboyPaul Margachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18368613972840403456noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010156583915782325.post-90191146283303387882008-12-04T01:25:00.000+09:002008-12-04T01:25:00.000+09:00Yes, I'm beginning to think he was, Stephen. I sup...Yes, I'm beginning to think he was, Stephen. I suppose the difference was he never feigned it unlike the rest of them. Certainly Davis and Mingus believed their own press and bought into the mythology created around them. In Monk's case I suspect he created the mythology himself so no wonder he believed it. Coltrane may have had an allure comparable to Rollins but it's probable that as soon as anyone recognized it, he began to lose it. Perhaps the white jazz musicians of the time had their black counterparts beat in this regard: they simply couldn't create a mythology surrounding them and this may have in fact only added to their mystique. Actually it's probably only Chet Baker and Art Pepper we could apply this too; a figure like Herbie Mann fronted and posed with the best of them.Paul Margachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18368613972840403456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010156583915782325.post-55052914128162049822008-12-03T17:43:00.000+09:002008-12-03T17:43:00.000+09:00Was Rollins the most iconic jazz musician of his g...Was Rollins the most iconic jazz musician of his generation? Yes, we all have the image of Davis in his immaculately tailored Italian suits, or Monk in his eccentric hats, or Gillespie in beret and horn-rims. But Rollins moves from cowpoke to the pioneer of the mohawk to the solitary figure playing on the bridge in the moonlight. Perhaps the image of Rollins is inseparable from Rollins the musician in a way unique to him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com