In the air

“When you hear music, after it’s over, it’s gone, in the air. You can never capture it again.” Eric Dolphy

Now it seems like the LOFT festival would go on overkill to destroy that notion. Live video-streaming, recordings of everything, even a blogger telling you what to listen for.

But, the beautiful thing is, Dolphy’s quote will still apply. And the music will be gone, in the air.

(Dolphy of course himself knew he had been live-recorded in depth when he said that. There’s a DVD from the Mingus sextet in 61 in Europe with him on board that you absolutely have to get if you don’t already know it. Taking the Dolphy statement seriously, what’s gone is the feeling of being in the moment, I can’t even imagine folks knew what they were treated to at the time. What’s left is incredible energy for the good.) Tonights post, something about Simon Nabatov, I think.

(Thanks to bluenoter from jazzcorner for hunting down the quote when I couldn’t find it.)

Lutz