Originally Posted by OccultHawk

That guy knows so much about jazz, volumes, but he understands and appreciates the progression of it so poorly. He knows and even owns every record that Donald Byrd was even a sideman on but can’t see how bebop and hard bop had to turn into free. It’s like he can’t see that that’s the inevitable mountain top.

He’s still a phenomenal resource but it’s mind boggling how possible it is to miss the forest for the trees.