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Elizabeth
Half-elven
Jan 23 2015, 7:53am
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Jazz is *supposed* to have a beat!
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That was the main thing that distinguished jazz until the advent of "modern jazz" in the 50's and later. Ir had a strong beat, and you were supposed to dance to it! That's the jazz I love!
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Annael
Immortal
Jan 23 2015, 4:16pm
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I like what they call "French jazz"
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the mellow stuff. But I totally get what people mean here: the kind of jazz where every instrumentalist takes it in turn to do a crazy riff for several minutes is like fingernails on chalk to me.
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zarabia
Tol Eressea
Jan 24 2015, 3:41am
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Thank goodness! I'd already blown the money on Pez. (Sorry, just feeling particularly silly. I don't think I've ever even had Pez. ) But yeah, like Elizabeth said, early jazz had a beat. And most all of it that I've ever heard is exuberant and fun, not pretentious and self-indulgent.
(This post was edited by zarabia on Jan 24 2015, 3:44am)
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joec_34
Rivendell
Jan 29 2015, 7:48pm
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I think that your categories are rather interesting. I have differing opinions on each of the categories for which I voted. Blues or R&B - I like the blues, but not much R&B Country or Folk - I like folk a good bit, but not much country Jazz or Latin - I like Jazz, but Carlos Santana is as latin as I get. Pop or Rock - I love Rock & Roll, but I do not enjoy very much Pop.
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joec_34
Rivendell
Jan 29 2015, 7:49pm
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So you must hate Ornette Coleman...//
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Kim
Valinor
Jan 29 2015, 8:05pm
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Never heard of him *runs off to You Tube*
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Nope, not my thing.
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joec_34
Rivendell
Jan 29 2015, 8:53pm
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Other Jazz guys didn't even like him...
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...they had similar criticism of his freeform style. Some loved him, some hated him. His '59 record, "The Shape of Jazz to Come" was groundbreaking, controversial, and legendary. I like it...sometimes more than others. Another interesting note, the body of his sax was plastic.
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Kim
Valinor
Jan 30 2015, 3:48am
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To quote Henry's comments regarding jazz on a recent episode of Forever: "Perhaps it's not all chaos and dissonance, just most of it."
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joec_34
Rivendell
Jan 30 2015, 1:40pm
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...I like your use of smileys!
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Kim
Valinor
Jan 30 2015, 10:28pm
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I didn't realize I used them in all of my posts on this thread until now. Smileys make me happy.
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