tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286745340613267785.post6757863533223072643..comments2023-09-26T05:50:33.440-07:00Comments on NOTES ON JAZZ: Can Critics Play Jazz? Review of “A Boys Journey” The Peter Hum QuintetRalph A. Miriellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07739422423091706043noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5286745340613267785.post-67923226398833438602011-04-01T06:37:29.790-07:002011-04-01T06:37:29.790-07:00(Looks like my previous comment didn't "t...(Looks like my previous comment didn't "take." I thought Google once responded to a Yahoo password, but maybe it's now the opposite.) This is a fresh take on the well-established (and overused) quintet ensemble formula established by Silver, Blakey, the Adderleys, etc. Trying to think of musicians who are also critics doesn't produce a lot of results, possibly because musicians are so heavily involved in the challenges of making music, staying competitively in the game, woodshedding instead of writing, etc. But I'd say Billy Taylor and Wynton Marsalis qualify. And the prolific Leonard Feather ("Encyclopedia of Jazz") was occasionally songwriter and pianist on sessions. Samcaponsacchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13155410559138436771noreply@blogger.com