frogman
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| Jazz for aficionados Newbee, sorry. That darn spellchecker again. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Newbie, thanks. | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****Now, WE MIGHT THINK, that playing a violin is difficult, but it's not that difficult to the principal players.****Aargh! Oh well, I tried. What can one say? BTW, I never said, implied, nor think that you or anyone else is a "mindless moron". ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Well, I think it's unfortunate that you consider it pointless. If by pointless you mean that there is not going to be concensus, then you are probably correct. However, I am not debating; I, (and Learsfool) am trying offer a musician's perspective... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Typo alert:****both methodically and sophisticated**** should be:melodically and harmonically.Hate this spellchecker. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Jazz has been called "America's Classical Music". Well, there you have it; as far as the fundamentals of music making go, there are far more similarities than differences. THAT is why I have been beating the drum about learning some fundamentals a... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, you have dug your heels in as you often do and are not hearing the message. That's fine. For anyone else who cares about the truth : No, jazz musicians are not "better". BTW, I read nothing in Pimentel's article that contradicts anything I sa... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Food for thought: I've known absolutely amazing players (instrumentalists) who are also terrible musicians. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Great post, Learsfool; and thanks for being more diplomatic than I was. Rok, I was frankly taken aback by your comment. (of course,THAT has never happened before :-) I didn't expect a proclamation about the superiority of jazz from you who have ex... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Mapman, I think you have a great attitude about your choices for music. "Only two kinds, good and bad"Acman3, I will offer some thoughts about old/new styles as you suggested when I have some time. Nice clip of Lockjaw and Griff, BTW. I first hear... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, with all due respect you could not be more mistaken in both your assertions and your assumptions. No one has suggested that classical music is better than jazz. Both are serious music and each demands different disciplines. The truth is that ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados The Johnny Appleseed of Music! Damn! I've been called a lot of things, but never that. Thanks for the kind words. Acman3, it's not that playing around the beat is "allowed"; in fact, it most certainly would not be allowed in a classical orchestra ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****the great Classical musician brings certain things to the table that the great Jazz player doesn't have. *****°°°°Such as???°°°°A short list:- ultimate control of their instrument dynamically and tone-wise. Most jazz wind players don't know ho... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Agreed, and as we know, it was even more common in the past for classical musicians to improvise. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Actually, it most certainly has; several times. But I'm glad you understand. |