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Originally Posted by DavidKOS
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05-31-2021 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Christian Miller
I paid about $70 for front row tickets to see an orchestra perform Bernard Herrmann's "Symphony" at Carnegie Hall. It was one of the greatest musical experiences of my life.
To expect something like that from Zimmer or any of the film composers of today, would be a joke.
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It's like Frank Zappa said, if you want your music to be popular, you've gotta find a way to shove some WORDS in there, anyway you can. Americans can't stand instrumental music of any kind.
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Originally Posted by Saxophone Tall
in fact it’s not even internally self consistent as an argument because you mention (presumably West) African music which does not, in fact, demand harmony or melody in any formally defined Western sense...
It’s just a rant. And I wish more people had the self awareness to admit and enjoy having a rant without having to justify it. I know I like a good rant.
I’m not here to advocate for hip hop, some of which I like, and some of which I don’t. It’s perfectly reasonable to say hip hop is not to your taste, but if you claim that ‘it is not music’, you really have to back it up with coherent case as to why. You might think it’s shit music, but it’s still music.
But people are desperate to justify their aesthetic preferences as having some objective grounding. I find this extremely boring and a waste of energy. it’s interesting how the mainstream aesthetic criteria of good/bad music get shifted a little with every generation.Last edited by Christian Miller; 05-31-2021 at 05:34 PM.
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Originally Posted by Saxophone Tall
I like country music like NWA. South of LA were we very snobby. National City had asshole cops too. We saw 'gangster rap' years before LA.
I like Nick Payton. He likes being edgy but he's NOLA musician like Wynton. Nick never had the opportunities I had. He makes fun of R&B. He say's we have girly souls.
Well, yeah. He never did the gigs we did.
They could turn anyone into a girl. F@cking gangsters in Japan.
What became of 'Rhythm and Blues'? R Kelly is in prison. He wrote one remarkable song;
You need to man up and deal with grown up girls with grown up girl problems, R Kelly.
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For all the talk about ‘Donna Lee’ as the archetypal bebop tune, in 40 years of seeing live jazz (including many of the big names at Ronnie Scotts), I have only ever heard it played once. That was by George Coleman (who to my surprise played it on an alto sax), but he only played it because someone he knew had requested the tune. He said he had not played it for years.
In fact in all those 40 years, I have not heard the ‘big names’ play many Charlie Parker tunes really. I think jazz is a lot more diverse now than you would realise, if you haven’t been seeing a lot of gigs over the years (as I have).
Last week I saw my first live jazz gig for a year, at a festival. It was a sort of asian-jazz-fusion band from London, they improvised over some very catchy Indian drum and tabla beats, plenty of danceable rhythms there. And the hall was as full as it could be, given the social distancing rules in place.
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Anyway sorry to be such an argumentative so and so. JGO has devolved into people grumbling about modern music recently.
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Originally Posted by Christian Miller
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Originally Posted by Christian Miller
Boomers are cashing out. A lot of us are grumpy.
I can't recommend Las Vegas because it sucks ass.Last edited by Stevebol; 05-31-2021 at 07:13 PM.
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Why isn't Jazz popular? I blame this guy
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Originally Posted by sgcim
i would have gotten away with it too, if it hadn’t been for you pesky kids
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Originally Posted by Lobomov
The video I posted above is by one of the leading musicians of this scene. I think it’s cool. I’m trying to work out if she plays the guitar, cos if that’s a guitar solo it’s 1) super hip and also 2) not even her number 2 or 3 instrument. Talented musician in any case.
A lot of it is vamp music, and has the inherent problem with vamp music which is that when it’s working it’s great, but when it’s not it can be a bit boring. So it’s a bit hit and miss for me, but I feel it’s an attempt conscious or otherwise to move jazz away from ‘art music’ and more towards engaging with a wider audience.
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Originally Posted by Stevebol
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Originally Posted by Saxophone Tall
A blast from the past...if you sit still to this you'll hurt something...
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Originally Posted by Saxophone Tall
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Originally Posted by Stevebol
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Cause Rock n’roll will always be the king ?
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Originally Posted by Troubadour_1991
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Originally Posted by Troubadour_1991
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Why isn't Jazz popular? Wanting to perform Jazz, maybe that is not the relevant question.
Our trio performs standards, Swing to Bop, Blues, Bossa, Latin, and our originals in those forms. It takes more effort and footwork deliberately finding, continuing to collect, and cultivating our audiences, pockets of Jazz popularity.
The right questions to us are, who are the people for which the Jazz we play has always been popular, the people who expect and like this great old Jazz? Where do these people gather who despise loud noise bands and just want to expensively drink and dine in conversation while enjoying our trio play their favorite timeless Jazz tunes?
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Originally Posted by sgcim
A guy in the same house played video games 15 hours a day. He fancied himself a metal guitarist and had some of the toys. He sucked the Grand Wazoo. He couldn't play his way out of a paper bag. He was arrogant, too, and said that I couldn't play and "had no talent." (I practiced my saxophone, which I have played for 48 years, outside the house. Also piano, 52 years. I don't lack ability on either). So I asked him: "what are the notes in a C major scale"? His answer: "I don't know, and I don't need to know any of that shit. F---k off."
This guy was also using his computer to "write" some video game music..... YIKES!Last edited by Saxophone Tall; 06-01-2021 at 11:01 PM.
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Originally Posted by pauln
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Originally Posted by PDeville
If only people would reward basic sports ability, I, too, could be in the NBA.
We don't reward excellence because we cannot recognize it. Except in sports. Meritocracy & objectivity rule the day.
Most people can't understand Shakespeare or Einstein. Jazz is the equivalent.
That said, I'm a sucker for a great melody. I'm a sax player, and my ilk is generally guilty of "way too many notes."
I subscribe to the Dizzy Gillespie vibe:
"It's taken me my whole life to learn what notes NOT to play."
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Originally Posted by DavidKOS
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Originally Posted by Troubadour_1991
I know what you're referring to. It, (like the *music* that it is attached to) is "all about me." I analogize it to contortionism.
I see these guys in NYC with their loud amps in Times Square, monopolizing the area (and the cops let 'em do it, while shutting me down for using a tiny amp for background with my sax). I'll give them credit as gymnasts.
Much Hip Hop / Rap is about 93 BPM, too slow for much dancing. Good for showing off various gestures, etc.
And some of it is vulgar, like Cardi B. Not sexy. Just slutty.
In fact, the entire Hip Hop / Rap thing isn't sensuous at all. Its robot rhythms and choppy "lyrics" (which ares also vulgar, glorify the ghetto for money and are dangerous on many levels) aren't sexy at all. No flow. No sway. Just metronomic, obscene nonsense.
I *suppose* you could call it "dancing" if you want. Certainly more than Rap can be called "music," so I'll give you that.
And no guitar (or sax) solos. Boo!
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