Subj : Live at the Regal
To : Martin Ridgley
From : Bill Riley
Date : Sun Jul 16 2000 02:04 pm
Martin Ridgley wrote in a message to Bill Riley:
MR> Also, you nailed the essence of B.B.'s mastery - his phrasing.
MR> Reminds me of Count Basie, who could sit at the piano conducting
MR> the band, then suddenly just pop a hand down to the keyboard and
MR> hit either a note, a chord, or a short phrase that was nothing
MR> short of perfect.
I'm always amazed that the people who don't get B.B. miss that. But I think
it's mostly people who have only heard him as an old man, after he started
singing more and playing less.
Bill
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