The impact of listening to a particular musician for the first time
Posted by: irwan shah on 18 May 2010
In love, it is often said that the first cut is the deepest. I wonder whether the same is true for many of us when we listen to music. Does the first listen always make the deepest and most lasting impression that one have of a particular musician?
Example 1: I 'discovered' Fred Simon in 2009 and 'Dream House' was my favourite album of 2009. It is only relatively recently that I have started listening to Keith Jarrett. Fred has said that Keith Jarrett was a big influence on him. However, whenever I listen to Keith Jarrett, I can't help but find that there are bits and pieces of Fred Simon in Jarrett's playing. Fred will probably tell you that the reverse was probably true. But mentally, there is a little voice in my head that says, here's some Fred, there's more Fred in Jarret's improvisations.
Example 2: The same is also true for me when it comes to Coltrane and Michael Brecker. I started listening to the latter first, long before I ever bought my first Coltrane album. This is probably blasphemy, but whenever I listen to Coltrane, my brain tells me that there are bit of Brecker here and there in his playing. In reality though, it is Brecker's playing style that is 'Coltranesque' (if such a word exists) at times.
Any comments guys?
Example 1: I 'discovered' Fred Simon in 2009 and 'Dream House' was my favourite album of 2009. It is only relatively recently that I have started listening to Keith Jarrett. Fred has said that Keith Jarrett was a big influence on him. However, whenever I listen to Keith Jarrett, I can't help but find that there are bits and pieces of Fred Simon in Jarrett's playing. Fred will probably tell you that the reverse was probably true. But mentally, there is a little voice in my head that says, here's some Fred, there's more Fred in Jarret's improvisations.
Example 2: The same is also true for me when it comes to Coltrane and Michael Brecker. I started listening to the latter first, long before I ever bought my first Coltrane album. This is probably blasphemy, but whenever I listen to Coltrane, my brain tells me that there are bit of Brecker here and there in his playing. In reality though, it is Brecker's playing style that is 'Coltranesque' (if such a word exists) at times.
Any comments guys?