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Double Bass Peacock Blows off Costello...

#141
jallenbass said:
Has anyone else taken a gig that they thought was going to suck only to have it turn out to be really enjoyable? I know I have. There are times when anyone's opinion of a gig is going to be incorrect.
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Agreed, I've had gigs where I felt all I can do is try to have fun anyway I can and even though the music may not be top notch it's a great experience. Attitude is everything.
 
#142
Michael Case said:
I do respect Peacock as an artist, I respect all players who are able to rise to his level. We all know that it's extremely hard to do so. Plenty of people can make music on that level and have payed plenty of dues, but still struggle everyday.

With that said, I believe that anyone who makes it to that level should show a little gratitude for all the gifts they have. And even when one has payed all their dues and is on top they still have to take it on the chin once in a while. Everyone eats crap every now and then, some people are lucky enough to actually eat crap in a job that they love to do. Tell your sanitation worker about this story and see how he feels, I'm sure he'd rather have GP's work crap then his own.
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Some people pay dues by taking every gig like it or not, others by starving or getting by until they make it, it is not easy to say which is harder.
Peacock was actually starving when Ayler took him to Europe.
I think that the dude has held out for 40 years has to be respected. I doubt I will make it that long.
The Jarret thing is what made him rich, otherwise he just be doing OK.
He actually put that trio together for his "Tales of Another" lp, which I have on the turntable now. It is easily their best.

My sanitation workers make 70 grand a year plus benefits, and can't even put my Garbage cans back even though my landlord pays for it. They do such a sh**ty job they are locked out now:
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#143
Michael Case said:
Attitude is everything.
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+1!

Attitude is all in your head.

If I take a gig, I have fun. If I am having fun it is reflected in my playing. I strive to be positive in everything I do. As I have said, it is part of being a pro IMO. I evaluate later.

When I said a gig's a gig I wasn't intending to make them generic. To the contrary. Playing music, anytime, anywhere, is the best. Every gig is unique and interesting. That's how I come at every gig and try to put my stamp on it.

I cannot play when my I am distracted by stoopid s***. If the poop starts flying I just put on my raincoat and keep doing my thing.
 
#144
fingers said:
Playing music, anytime, anywhere, is the best. Every gig is unique and interesting.
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That great for you, enviable even. If I am not into the music I am much more into staying home with my cat (seen in an earlier post jumping off the bass) or girlfriend or both listening to or practicing music I like.

The whole thing reminds me of how Morton Feldman and Phillip Guston were best friends, when Guston went from abstract painting to the cartoon stuff, Feldman never spoke to him again.
Franz Kline on the other hand said; "It's OK Phil, we can't all be on the same baseball team."

We are all different and in the arts there is no one way to be.
 
#145
I've been following this with just a little interest...doesn't the whole thing come down to whether or not Peacock knew what the arrangement was before he got there? If the Costello thing was sprung on him...well, he's an artist and guys over 65 are generally a little salty to begin with. I can't fault him. If he had the boycott/protest in his head before he got there...with full knowledge of the circumstances...I'd say it's at best low-budget and at worst malicious.

If he found out before the gig...even after it was booked...I think it was incumbent upon him to tell somebody he wasn't going to play ball.

This doesn't have anything to do with artistry and/or artistic integrity, and I actually feel a little out of place commenting on anything a legend like GP would do...he is a genius type guy who has earned a place in the books...it's just a matter of good taste/bad taste IMO.
 
#153
Another great thing about this thread is since I found that article I was so inspired by Peacock standing his ground that I have been listening to a lot of his work. There is so much great music from Ayler to the recent trios with Crispell.
There are two cds of a strange ECM session with John Surman, Paul Bley and Tony Oxley, "Adventure Playground" and "In the Evenings out there".
That stuff is great.
Music should never be a competion but you'd hard pressed to convice me that Costello has even done anything with the weight and depth of "Spiritual Unity" with Ayler and Sunny Murray.
 
#156
Yeah, I know. I was being pithy.

Sometimes my comedic genius takes time to catch up to people. You'll be in a rocking chair on the porch of the old folks home some day, reflect back and say "wow, that guy was way ahead of his time."

...and I'll refuse to work with Steve Martin.
 
#158
damonsmith said:
The Jarret thing is what made him rich, otherwise he just be doing OK.
He actually put that trio together for his "Tales of Another" lp, which I have on the turntable now. It is easily their best.
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You don't find Peacock's intonation on this album so bad as to make the disc unlistenable? It's fingernails-on-a-blackboard bad. I was really excited to find it on CD a few years ago and after listening to it was astonished that it was put out at all.
 

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