Any musician, performer or composer, amateur or professional,
is sending a message, telling a story through the
music created.
It is true about any music; it is true about jazz
- or any impovised music as well.
Sometimes, actually very often, the story is someting
like: "I am so great, my chops are fantastic,
I am so technically advanced, my sound is so good,
you just have to admire me!"
If the musician is really good, it could be very
effective, enjoyable and even inspiring - just like
watching gymnastics or figure skating could be.
And then there could be a different kind of story
when the musician, using the sound, technical abilities
and other musical skills tells us about sadness and
joy, happiness and suffering, laughter and tears,
love and fear - about human experiences common to
us all, but told in his own personal way from his
own point of view.
Then musical skills of the musician become the tools
to deliver the message, not the message itself.
I am not telling you which is better. Every approach
has its place, there is gymnastics and there is ballet.
And, of course, in reality these two approaches could
be and very often are mixed together in different
proportions.
Here is my personal experience: the farther I am
able to move away from satisfying the demands of my
ego and towards serving the higher purpose of music,
the better my music becomes.
I am Alexei Zoubov and I approve of this
message.
LATEST NEWS
On December 22, 2007 I flew to Israel to participate in the 4th Jerusalem JazzGlobus Festival. For more on this trip CLICK HERE
The link "Rejuvenation"
in the left column will take you to the page devoted
to my last CD that was released in November, 2006.
There are some music samples there and if you like
them, please consider buying it at CD
BABY, it will help me finance my next
project.
