Jazz for aficionados
My closing statement: https://jazzdox.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/wrongjazz/ Read it. He nailed it. When you speak of Jazz and current players, you are talking about people that 'learned Jazz' in a classroom. They play it that way. Cheers |
Just in case you missed this part. :) A big misconception about Jazz is that you need to know something about it to enjoy it. The truth is when someone hears music with this sizzle, crackling with suspense, and breathing like a living entity, it will stop you in your tracks. In fact, this applies to all forms of music. It’s the reason why some music grabs you and some doesn’t. Duke Ellington said there are two types of music: good and bad. It’s that simple. Jazz at its finest is like really great sex, or the best food in the world, you will want more and you damn sure wont be texting anyone in the middle of it. Cheers |
Nothing new under the sun here. The bullshit cliche about jazz and the classroom is just that, bullshit and a cliche. Sure there are some players who sound that way; so what? There are plenty of players who learned jazz in the street who sound like shit. Why do you insist on lumping those in with the good ones with your blanket statements? Rock, it's pretty obvious by now how you will react when backed into a corner. Your generalizations simply don't hold water. Look, no one is saying that you need to "know" anything to enjoy jazz. But, if you think that Paterson sounds like he learned jazz in a classroom (whatever that means) while continuing to extol the virtues of an emotionally dry player like Marsalis, all I can say is that something is wrong. Cheers. |
Loved the Ben Paterson! I was listening to some great jazz today, but most don't have youtube video's. Someone, I am embarrassed to mention I just caught on to, was Miguel Zenon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AptpSs4Ntzk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y4KPYjfcl4 |
