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I think people think jazz is wanky alienating music with too many chords and no groove.
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04-27-2020 08:33 AM
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for sure , christian, i dont think i ever played a great up tempo with players who didnt take too long solos , and it is well executed , that the audience didnt apreciete it greatly .
and like you said, a really hip medium tempo hard swinging jazz blues should reach out to anyone who likes the blues
the "jazz world" took it to another leval , of course there was a natural progresion of finding new things , but, the critics left the audience behind. people dont really support avant guarde . i played avant guarde n the beginning along with all other styles of jazz, (except the armstrong style back then haha figure that?) and was a cuban fan playing bongos and congas and boogaloo congas on funk bands.
but you cant build an audience unless you are critic annointed and totaly at the top
what i really loved about the greats and seeing them pass through chicago when i was younger, they seemed to have a lot of tricks. about how to pull the audience in to their story . they were manipulating it purposefuly not just existential stream of conciousness. art blakeys soloists seem to start out dynamicly and slowly build to a huge climax , with no noodling or fumbling around, or going backwards on the intensity. it was seriously directed and geared to pull you in and tell a story
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Originally Posted by christianm77
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Cool, striking how close that is to a samba rhythm (and FWIW early samba recordings like Pelo Telefone did not have drums other than some handheld percussion)
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Originally Posted by BWV
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Bit late to this thread but fantastic insight in the the Hot Five/Seven ''groove''. I've probably listened to those records more than any others in my jazz collection. Love me some Louis.
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Fabulous
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How the hell did i miss this? Wonderful. This is like a Christmas present to my ears.
The clave is in everything, yo!
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I tell you what rather like Bonsritmos I don’t think I fully understood this era of jazz. When I started feeling the opinaje it made it so much more fun and involving to play.
Grant Green, What is This Thing
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