I have accepted it.
You nailed it. I have accepted it also. The music that breaks this rule is called Classical Music. It's timeless. Includes folks like Bach, Mozart, Ellington, Mingus, Beethoven etc....
Cheers
Is Modern Jazz an Oxymoron?
I am a huge jazz fan and 90% of my listening time is listening to instrumental jazz artists from the classic jazz era of 1950's to 1970's. Excluding jazz singers and a few more recent jazz artist who play classic jazz style I can't stand modern jazz.
My question to jazz fans is if it is my limitation or is this a common thing amongst classic jazz fans? Or did you finally come around and learned to appreciate modern jazz? If so which artists?
My question to jazz fans is if it is my limitation or is this a common thing amongst classic jazz fans? Or did you finally come around and learned to appreciate modern jazz? If so which artists?
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I'm not much of a fan of 1970's+ Jazz. That's when fusion and "Smooth Jazz" took over. Not that there's anything wrong with it. Anyone that's a SoCal FM listener will remember the great Chuck Niles on KLON. He would talk about his disdain for "Smooth Jazz" I don't even care much for modern vocalists resurrecting standards. Most fall flat with their attempts IMO. You can't replace Ellla,Billie,Sarah,Dinah etc. I've been on a Blossom Dearie kick lately. Found a couple of RARE LP's awhile back. Fabulous. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hGjzuXchGg |
we who have lived a lot of life and heard a lot of music in our younger more impressionable years are burdened by our memories and our sense of how certain music should sound - that can inhibit our enjoying new forms new creations btw - the ny times just released a nice list of their top 10 jazz albums of 2020... some old and some new artists... worth checking out i would also say that to me, the greatest joy of music streaming is its enabling our ability to experience new music |
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