> It's too bad that Reed can't address what I say directly. But I'm not out
> to 'change his mind'; this scene can be done and has been done for decades.
>
> Ask Lee Konitz...
Funny you should mention that. I played a gig with Lee Konitz about 11
years ago and took a lesson with him also. He wouldn't allow me to tape
the lesson, and I asked him about the Tristano and what they studied. He
avoided the whole issue, just wouldn't talk about it. His "method"
constisted of telling me to improvise on whatever standard I was working
on with the metronome set to 60 bpm, and improvise in 8th notes, no
double-timing. That was it- the entire lesson. I enjoyed his company
otherwise but I felt his lesson was a bit stilted, and for whatever
reason the Tristano subject was off limits, which was disappointing
considering the hype.
Clay