Jazz Musicians as Not Refle

[MASCARO at humnet.ucla.edu]

Will L's post concludes:

>I think its easy to make the mistake of thinking that the
>great jazz musicians were "naturals" because their music is
>so seamless and flowing and, of course, improvised.  I'd say
>this is good way to sum up TRP's writing too; it comes
>across (at times) as Kerouac-ian in its flow, but we all
>know that is one of Pynchon's great skills:  to look
>spontaneous while being really very studied.
>
>On the rock note:  if TRP were me (which is, we've now
>concluded, what this is all about, right?) he'd find the
>Beach Boys to be the worst kind of style over substance. 
>
>Cheers,
>
>Will Layman
>


I heartily concur, and I think it's true that even Kerouac at his most 
Kerouac-ian was a lot more reflective than myth has it.  I mean, that roll of 
butcher paper, it was the--first--draft, right?