Well it was related to the whole "Third Stream" thing wasn't it?  Seems like so many attempts at "fusion" just water down both contributing elements.  With a few extremely notable exceptions, like Latin music and jazz.  

I was never drawn much to the crossover stuff MJQ did either, even though those guys were all great musicians and did it really well. 

Ken



At 07:12 PM 8/23/2005, Chuck Israels wrote:

On Aug 23, 2005, at 6:12 PM, Ken Durling wrote:

I remember that album.  It was pretty well done, IIRC. 

Ken


Yeah, I knew Josh, and I do think it was smart and pretty well done.  Still, it struck me as rock music for people who don't like rock music, and Baroque music for people who don't like Baroque music,  Kind of like Claude Bolling's music that he wrote for Rampal and Yo Yo Ma, both of which I've played (the Flute Suite with Bolling and Rampal at Carnegie Hall, years ago).  Bolling and Rifkin are both fine musicians, but I find these particular projects neither fish nor fowl, and I am mystified by their success.  Of course, there's George Winston and Kenny G, and I am at a loss to explain that too. :-)
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