Paul Motian has died

toddbishop · #1 11-22-2011, 05:26 PM

No details, I just saw this on All About Jazz.

aydee · #2 11-22-2011, 05:44 PM

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damn. So brilliant and so underrated. A loss..

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toddbishop · #3 11-22-2011, 08:16 PM

I've put together a little podcast of some of his things.

Bo Eder · #4 11-22-2011, 10:16 PM

I first heard him with the Bill Evans Trio - wonderfully smooth. He will be missed.

haredrums · #5 11-22-2011, 11:17 PM

Tragic loss. Thanks for the post.

iwantmemoney · #6 11-23-2011, 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by toddbishop

I've put together a little podcast of some of his things.

This is a beautiful honor to him. Made my night. I had to say a few prayers for him. Thanks.

Pollyanna · #7 11-23-2011, 05:46 AM

Crikey, which thread do we choose?

This one?

Or RIP Paul Motian (1931-2011)

Or this one Jazz drummer and composer Paul Motian dies

I know little of his playing but Todd (I think) made a thread a while ago pointing to an article on his blog based on an interview with him:

http://www.chuckbraman.com/Writing/W...g/Motian1.html

Definitely a character. My fave quote from him was:

I'm not thinking about backbeat, rock, or whatever. I'm thinking music. There's a specific tempo that's stated in the very beginning, and that's already there. I don't have to force it on to everybody else and myself included. I don't have to enforce it. It's happening already. I don't have to do [expletive]. I could have just stayed there and not played a [expletive] note.

Deltadrummer · #8 11-23-2011, 06:10 AM

Definitely a character. I have a couple stories about him. That's him in my avatar.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsuprem...ul-motian-dies