It occurs to me that I view Jazz and jazz much the same way as I view God and god. Whereas capitalized Jazz/God seems to indicate a belief in a specific set of scriptures and rituals in order to achieve a spiritual connection with a higher being/creativity, I think I lean more toward the lowercase jazz/god side of things, which I view as a more holistic interaction with spirituality/creativity, one that has fuzzier boundaries and, thus, perhaps more inclusiveness, and is no less profoundly felt. Ultimately, I dont think either approach is wrong per se, as long as the goal is a transcendental experience and sublime interaction with beauty and love.
I post this knowing that I might come to regret it at a later date. But sometimes you just gotta throw those thoughts out there and see what happens. Like balloons, sometimes they float majestically up into the sky for all to view with awe and wonder, and some pop open, lose their steam, and fall back to the earth deflated.
I posted that second part knowing that I might come to regret it at a later date.
Interesting - I followed the link and got the Ooops page - what does that mean? As a relative newcomer to jazz for me the boundaries are blurred anyway, as I don't yet know enough about Jazz to know where the boundaries actually lie. And that is part of the joy of exploring a new to me genre.
There is a lot of ancestor worship that goes on in Jazz. Not entirely dissimilar to Classical, though not quite so advanced. In both cases, if you just ignore the 'purists' and listen to music that you like, it is irrelevant.
Actually, maybe it's just me paying attention, but it seems to me that jazz is bumping along quite nicely these last few years. So many young players getting into cool new things. A substantial number of whom I heard about through Jonah, come to think of it.
At any rate, at least in jazz we don't have anybody like that despotic Pitchfork guy....
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I post this knowing that I might come to regret it at a later date. But sometimes you just gotta throw those thoughts out there and see what happens. Like balloons, sometimes they float majestically up into the sky for all to view with awe and wonder, and some pop open, lose their steam, and fall back to the earth deflated.
I posted that second part knowing that I might come to regret it at a later date.
Listen to me very carefully
Put the pipes down
Just say no
But still, people may argue about whether or not there is more than one God
However, there can be no confusion about there only being one jazz.
Jazz covers a wide spectrum of music on the number line from negative infinity to positive infinity
At some point in each direction music ceases to be jazz and becomes something else (noise perhaps) but by definition there is one jazz
Prove me wrong!
Actually, maybe it's just me paying attention, but it seems to me that jazz is bumping along quite nicely these last few years. So many young players getting into cool new things. A substantial number of whom I heard about through Jonah, come to think of it.
At any rate, at least in jazz we don't have anybody like that despotic Pitchfork guy....
It doesn't have to be by the numbers but playing crap and calling it jazz does not make chicken salad or something
So do we think this is jazz