The title sounds more serious than it really is… I recently posted a video in a Facebook group about what we get out of learning other players’ solos. A few people commented who are quite against this approach. One of them, who is actually a really great player, said he’s completely against learning jazz this way. His view is that it goes against the very essence of jazz, which he feels should be about freedom of expression. I can see where he’s coming from, but I don’t totally agree. I responded politely in the thread, of course, but it made me think it might be an interesting discussion to bring over here into SKOOL. I did briefly consider inviting him in to join the conversation, but I’m not sure he’d be that into it. Asking someone who already disagrees with you to come and join your own SKOOL group might come across a bit combative. So instead I thought I’d start a new thread here. Does his opinion resonate with anyone in the group? I’d genuinely be interested to hear people’s thoughts and would welcome the discussion.

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