Members Billster Posted July 29, 2009 Members Share Posted July 29, 2009 George Russell, age 86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Magpel Posted July 29, 2009 Members Share Posted July 29, 2009 Wow! I didn't even know he was alive! RIP! He did a lot of stuff with Bill Evans too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huh? Posted July 29, 2009 Members Share Posted July 29, 2009 Bummer. I bought his book in the late 70's and still have it in pristine condition.. The Lydian Chromatic Concept. It was a big influence. R.I.P George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted July 29, 2009 Members Share Posted July 29, 2009 Sad to say that I wasn't even really aware of who he was but I'm not going to compound that problem by staying that way. It sounds well worth some study. RIP, Mr Russell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members halfnote Posted July 30, 2009 Members Share Posted July 30, 2009 As one who began exploring his concepts only a couple years ago (& is still a neophyte), I can say they really do lead to a useful way of looking at harmony.I also think that in the sphere of jazz, he's one of the more definite theoreticians, compared to, say, the almost free-for-all approach of bebop or harmolodics. Considering the effect he had on Miles D., it's surprising that he never made it into MD's (in)famous 4-word definition of jazz. At least he managed to outlive most of his contemporaries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Billster Posted July 31, 2009 Author Members Share Posted July 31, 2009 The beauty of modal thinking is that it isn't just jazz. My primary approach to improvisation is based on relative modes. Like the quote above says, "the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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