Taken from http://jsalmonte.wordpress.com/2010/...ndup/#comments
Artie Shaw had some great things to say relating to this kind of approach. I’ve quoted him before on this blog, but it bears repeating in this case. http://www.pbs.org/jazz/about/pdfs/Shaw.pdf On the weakness of his Swing Era contemporary, Glen Miller:
“But the biggest problem, his [Miller's] band never made a mistake. And it’s one of the things wrong, because if you don’t ever make a mistake, you’re not trying, you’re not playing at the edge of your ability. You’re playing safely, within limits, and you know what you can do and it sounds after a while extremely boring.”
Different context I know but would you agree that the same applies to partner dancing? If so, why?
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