frogman
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| Jazz is not Blues and Blues is not Jazz....... Ragtime was a precursor of Jazz. Late 1800’s-early 1900’s. RAGtime . Ragged rhythm : syncopation; the main defining characteristic of Jazz (the “swing”). Ragtime was not really Jazz in the strictest sense of the word since there was no improvisati... | |
| Opinion: Half of the reason to listen to choral works is the acoustics in the recording **** Can we agree that at least most liturgical choral music was written with some anticipation of the acoustic in which it would be performed. ****And not only choral music; orchestral as well. Not the specific acoustic in either case. That would... | |
| Jazz is not Blues and Blues is not Jazz....... twoleftears,Of course it doesn’t matter. That is the point. Isn’t it? It doesn’t matter. That is precisely the rebuttal to the premise of the original post. As Duke said, “there are only two kinds of music....good and bad”.However, if opening that... | |
| Jazz is not Blues and Blues is not Jazz....... **** not as one of those "jazz tunes" with Blues in the title.****Honest question. What, then, would YOU call that tune in your Grant Green clip? It uses the standard 12 bar Blues form, sounds like a Blues (in part) and has “Blues” in the title;... | |
| Jazz is not Blues and Blues is not Jazz....... **** They came on "one" radio station only, along with Gospel on Sunday. That’s how they came to be lumped together. ****That may very well be how they came to be lumped together, but there is a reason for WHY they were lumped together. Because Ja... | |
| Jazz is not Blues and Blues is not Jazz....... Orpheus10’s Grant Green clip illustrates perfectly both the obvious overlaps between Blues and Jazz and the problem and futility of attempts to make a strict distinction between the two genres. Not to mention that it answers beautifully his own qu... | |
| To venture back into vinyl or not,...that is the question. No offense intended to anyone, but I must say that I have always found it perplexing, and not a little silly, when specific $ amounts are attached to a price point when all of a sudden it is “worth it” to do this or that. There are so many variabl... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Keegiam:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBZmD4G_qXo5Sz7T__Q_DtbYHRDCurwN5 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Still laughing! Nice clips.https://youtu.be/yMCdXT2p5Mkhttps://youtu.be/RngljpoKZg4https://youtu.be/o3RI8844JEU | |
| Location of instruments in the orchestra... +1 rcprince. Yes, first and second violins sometimes on opposites sides; particularly effective with Beethoven as he often wrote for the first and second violins to trade phrases; however, I don’t think I have ever seen first violins on the right ... | |
| Exercise music James Brown, anything by JB. My favorite work out music. | |
| has anybody else noticed this about singers? Very interesting comments, thank you. As an instrumentalist, I am well aware of what you describe. One of the most effective practice exercises that advanced saxophone players use is the perfection of the tuning of overtones; simple (?) long tones... | |
| Jazz for aficionados There must be something special with star alignment on Sept. 23. Just a few of the great players that were born today. Happy Birthday to all!Albert AmmonsFrank FosterGeorge GarzoneJeremy SteigLes McCannRay CharlesRoy Buchanan....and, of course, th... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Both great players, pjw. I’ve been a fan of “Cleanhead” for a long time and posted some of his stuff over the years. | |
| Jazz for aficionados **** but after I watched the documentary, I understood. Meaning, heard what the protagonists had to say about their thougts and feelings towards the music, about social circumstances and about that moment in time in general.Its just one foreigner’... |