3. The Rules
Bill Evans
http://www.billevanswebpages.com/burns.html
As far as Bill Evans is concerned, readers should note that
Stanley Crouch, Marsalis' admitted mentor, is responsible for
serious negative attacks on the pianist, as noted by jazz writer
Eric Nisenson: "I once overheard [the jazz critic] Stanley Crouch
giving a diatribe against Evans. It was just before a kind of
symposium of jazz critics.... Evans, according to Crouch, was a
'punk' whose playing could scarcely be considered jazz. He could
not swing, according to Crouch, and there was no blues in his
playing."
5. The Rules
Beethoven’s 5th
It is full of a sort of odious meowing and discords to shatter the
least sensitive ears,” in response to Beethoven’s Symphony no. 5.
It may surprise you that Beethoven’s music was often met with
harsh criticism because it was, frankly, extraordinarily radical. In
fact, Symphony no. 5 was even castigated before it premiered,
when the conductor Beethoven had hired walked out of the first
rehearsal in anger over the unpleasant harmonies the composer
had written.
19th century critic Alexander Oulibicheff
6. The Rules
“Learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like an artist.”
Pablo Picasso