Man, this kind of stuff really bothers me. Chas is a fellow I highly respect for his willingness to articulate and stand by his beliefs...beliefs regarding music, social issues and more. I get and appreciate all his refrences to music styles, players etc.

Mo shows an admirable understanding of the music business, music history, major players, instruments, etc.

Chas, Mo and I are mostly on the same page in those areas, and, on a bandstand, I have no doubt that we would "cook" and enjoy!

That's why what I believe mostly issues of semantics is so unnecessary. When you "just play" and you're at a certain level of proficiency, you're doing variations on lead lines, playing fifths...you're practising! Maby you're not learning new material, but you're still learning and improving. It just happens that way.

I really don't see a major disagreement...only nit picking.

Why?

Russ
Russ