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Sideorder Apr 30, 2013 - 10:09	zenhead wrote: A great set going on - tom waits to charlie parker! keep it going! Agreed. That was such a nice transition. [ Reply ]
zenhead Mar 30, 2013 - 07:31	A great set going on - tom waits to charlie parker! keep it going! [ Reply ]
rdo Jan 26, 2013 - 13:28	Proclivities wrote: I don't know if it's necessarily always "an acquired taste". That phrase, to me, implies that there is something innately unpleasant or alien about it, or that deliberation and learning are prerequisites for enjoying or appreciating it. Some people just enjoy the sounds, or the rhythms. I liked a lot of the Bebop I was exposed to when I was younger, but I guess I did appreciate it more as I learned to play musical instruments. It's obviously not for everyone, but what is? I read Alex Ross's The Rest is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century recently. Good book, but my one and only real take away: if someone doesn't agree with you and your theory, then you call them either a sell-out or a philistine. Music theory got to the point where if anyone liked a work, or thought it was beautiful (and I mean anyone at all ), then it was by definition crap. Now, for my input: this is largely why new "classical" music is so thoroughly marginalized to the point where the average person cannot name a single active composer. We went from the days of Wagner, when the Emperor of Germany bowed before the master, to today, where even on the classical stations I listen to they won't play anything from the 20th century (not even Mahler or Stravinsky). It is a very dubious proposition when a form of art takes its theories seriously. It's suicide really. Thankfully, rock music has always been anti-establishment, which means anti-intellectual, so it is immune to this hogwash. Thanks be to God. [ Reply ]
bachbeet Sep 22, 2012 - 23:54	Great jazz tune by one of the giants. [ Reply ]
Proclivities Aug 22, 2012 - 12:10	WonderLizard wrote: Bebop explored the chords around the melody. It required an amazing, studied, and hard earned mastery of music theory and the manual dexterity, instrumental craft if you will, to put the theory into practice. Pile on to that an encyclopedic knowledge of "standard" songs (if someone said "Bird of Paradise," "The Way You Look Tonight," or "Salt Peanuts," you were expected to know the melody and the chord changes) and the discipline to fit all that into an ensemble, and you have a genre and practice that was as rich in innovation as it was steeped in tradition. Not only were they fast, they seldom missed a change or a note. This sort of genius was anything but random—every note had a purpose and a place. Bebop is an acquired taste, but one worth the effort. I don't know if it's necessarily always "an acquired taste". That phrase, to me, implies that there is something innately unpleasant or alien about it, or that deliberation and learning are prerequisites for enjoying or appreciating it. Some people just enjoy the sounds, or the rhythms. I liked a lot of the Bebop I was exposed to when I was younger, but I guess I did appreciate it more as I learned to play musical instruments. It's obviously not for everyone, but what is? [ Reply ]
LizK May 19, 2012 - 19:23	American Music. How Wonderful. [ Reply ]
laozilover Mar 17, 2012 - 09:45	Up until RP, I had never heard 'Bird', but the more I hear, the more I like! [ Reply ]
finoufk Dec 13, 2011 - 02:14	gekkosan wrote: Erk! Can't bring myself to rate this. I know , intellectually, that this guy is tops. But I just can't stand this sort of Jazz. It's all so much seemingly random noise, to me.... You read my mind ... [ Reply ]
Rotterdam Dec 13, 2011 - 02:09	gekkosan wrote: Erk! Can't bring myself to rate this. I know , intellectually, that this guy is tops. But I just can't stand this sort of Jazz. It's all so much seemingly random noise, to me.... Sorry to hear it. I just noted that I had rated this as a 10 some time ago. I would have done that today, otherwise. I think it's wonderful. Just a matter of taste.. [ Reply ]
tonypf Oct 10, 2011 - 19:46	WonderLizard wrote: Bebop explored the chords around the melody. It required an amazing, studied, and hard earned mastery of music theory and the manual dexterity, instrumental craft if you will, to put the theory into practice. Pile on to that an encyclopedic knowledge of "standard" songs (if someone said "Bird of Paradise," "The Way You Look Tonight," or "Salt Peanuts," you were expected to know the melody and the chord changes) and the discipline to fit all that into an ensemble, and you have a genre and practice that was as rich in innovation as it was steeped in tradition. Not only were they fast, they seldom missed a change or a note. This sort of genius was anything but random—every note had a purpose and a place. Bebop is an acquired taste, but one worth the effort. Get it! [ Reply ]
allabout Oct 10, 2011 - 19:45	Oh yes, perfect mood [ Reply ]
Eray Sep 09, 2011 - 08:57	Yardbird was a giant. This man was an original, no sound like him ever before and many built from or copied after. [ Reply ]
WonderLizard Jul 08, 2011 - 15:21	gekkosan wrote: Erk! Can't bring myself to rate this. I know , intellectually, that this guy is tops. But I just can't stand this sort of Jazz. It's all so much seemingly random noise, to me.... Poacher wrote: [ Reply ]
On_The_Beach Jun 06, 2011 - 23:37	Otomi wrote: . . . The only thing I didn't like was how Burns dumps on fusion; I think his subjective preferences ruined the later segments. Throughout the film he praises innovation, but at the end he goes conservative on us. I had the same reaction. Great documentary, but a little biased. Hours and hours on Louis Armstrong and a relatively brief segment on Miles, just as an example. [ Reply ]
Otomi Mar 04, 2011 - 07:16	jagdriver wrote: http://www.pbs.org/jazz/ You can rent this from your favorite mailorder DVD rental outfit. One even lets you stream it to your set in real-time through the first week of March. I bought this documentary cheap on DVDs from the PBS website and had it shipped to my daughter. (I just checked Amazon and it's even cheaper there now.) A year later she moved in with us for a few months and I had the opportunity to watch it. It's on 10 discs, with over 18 hours of the history of jazz. I'm sure watching it would enhance anyone's enjoyment of this musical genre. (The more I learn about any art form, the more interesting and enjoyable it becomes; I assume this is true for most people.) The only thing I didn't like was how Burns dumps on fusion; I think his subjective preferences ruined the later segments. Throughout the film he praises innovation, but at the end he goes conservative on us. [ Reply ]
Poacher Mar 04, 2011 - 06:43	gekkosan wrote: Erk! Can't bring myself to rate this. I know , intellectually, that this guy is tops. But I just can't stand this sort of Jazz. It's all so much seemingly random noise, to me.... Yep, I concur. I put this under the general style of Noodling Jazz. I have kept my ears open to all kinds of jazz over the decades, but it has never fired me up. Strange, my tastes are far ranging but it is like there is a block that will never go with this kind of jazz. Perhaps I was scared by some as a child. [ Reply ]
ERERER Oct 29, 2010 - 07:37	Oh yeah. More of this kinda stuff, Bill! Thanks! [ Reply ]
dyharenas Aug 26, 2010 - 15:34	¡El pájaro! [ Reply ]
4merdj Aug 26, 2010 - 15:32	OK, y'all ... concentrate and listen ... this is greatness!! [ Reply ]
flyboy50 Jun 23, 2010 - 18:22	Jazz get's no better than this. You dig? [ Reply ]