Lt. Bob
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ditto ..... I still think that people who believe that haven't had a great deal of direct interaction with very many black players.I don't buy that either. I can see how you can draw that conclusion if you compare the rigidity of, say, early Cliff Richard, to the flexibility of early afro-american music. But I think it is risky to limit your field of comparison. I agree that white music is, in general, more structured, but not exclusively so. For example, take Bartok, Debussy or Ravel if you are seeking organic and primal.
Earlier mshilarious took my comment about there being black players that can't groove and kinda turned it around by saying he did know black players that weren't good but they still grooved liked mofos.
I'm flat out saying there are PLENTY of black players that couldn't groove if their lives depended on it.
I've played with 'em. And way more than a few.
You have to really be in the black community to get that deep into their average players but I can garuntee you that the idea that black players inherently have the groove is just not so.
Some do ..... some don't.
I'll agree that the percentage of blacks that have that 'feel' is probably higher than whites but it's not not a basic difference between the two races IMO.