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| Jazz for aficionados Rok, well, I am duly busted on that Bolero factoid. Total brain fart and I hang my head in shame for my memory lapse. Bolero, nonetheless! a piece that have played more times than I care to remember. I could go on about the reasons related to its ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Schubert, good question. Perhaps because I keep hoping. Hoping that someone who clearly has passion for music can change a skewed perspective.Regards. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Re the Africa thing and your last post. Please reread what has been said about this. You have blinders on because the idea that your long-held views could be off base is apparently difficult to digest. No one (O-10) said anything about drums in th... | |
| Jazz for aficionados You crack me up, Rok. There is so much incongruity and contradiction in many of your views that I sometimes wonder if it's all a joke. Here we have a person who is staunchly "conservative" with his opinions on jazz, but is eager to credit "the mas... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****Rok, let me tell you a tru story about slaves here and their drums. At first the boss man didn't mind, and the drums had catchy rhythms, but when somebody told him, "Hey boss man, did you know they could talk with them drums"? That changed thi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Rok, I don't know where you get your facts. The premier of Bolero was a huge success. If by "riot" you mean the cheering of the crowd then you're right; if you mean that the "riot" was a sign of disapproval you are incorrect. I also don't understa... | |
| Jazz for aficionados O-10, so "jumping around" is ok now? :-) | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****You are a smart guy, examine the facts, and do the math. And don't forget the left-wing elites in the arts, have an agenda.****Well, this comment can be interpreted one of two ways; either as faint praise or as insulting. Don't misunderstand, ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****if spirituals, blues and jazz have an African connection, we should have those equivalents in Haiti, Cuba, and Salvador Brazil****O-10, do you mean music styles in those other countries that also have an African connection? | |
| Jazz for aficionados I guess this is the "jumping around" that O-10 referred to. Does this mean we are done with Cuban music? So, was there anything of interest in my posts, Rok? Learn anything? Disagree with anything? This is a crucial moment in these discussions, IM... | |
| Jazz for aficionados #7 "Pio Mentiroso". A "guaracha". Guaracha is a style characterized by a typically faster tempo than most other Cuban music styles. It gained popularity in Cuban theater productions and is notable for the "dialogue" between the vocal soloist and... | |
| Jazz for aficionados #6 "Los Sitio Asere". Classic Cuban "son"; this one, while technically not a Guaguanco, speaks of it in it's lyrics. Son, the precursor of salsa, became popular in the late twenties and combines the more formal elements of Spanish (European) son... | |
| Jazz for aficionados #5 "La Fiesta De La Rumba"Slow tempo "Guanguanco". Guaguanco is the most popular style of Cuban rumba. It developed among the different African ethnic groups, primarily from Central and West Africa, who were brought to Cuba as slaves. This rec... | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****Spirituals, Blues, and Jazz are uniquely American, with no African influence I can detect.****O-10, that comment is almost as surprising as Rok's. I think the operative part of the comment, and what keeps it from being inaccurate is "that I ca... | |
| Jazz for aficionados So, what exactly are you saying? That the article that you referenced (link) is invalid as a whole since it too is simply "what some guy wrote"? If so, then why did you reference the article? Rok, the problem in trying to resolve this disagreement... |