for those who are in the Illinois area Feburuary 28, come visit

"Jazz In the Meadows"

featuring something like, 60 bands from the area, plus

Len King
and the Chicago Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra

Mark Colby
and the Mark Colby Quartet

so stop by. I will be there also. did i mention we are the biggest jazz festival in the midwest US?!!
http://rmhs.dist214.k12.il.us/activities/jitm/index.html

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Hi Paz... ...!

I think that's what they call "Modern Jazz"... ...!
I definitely agree with you there... ...!
...leaves me cold...!

Now, "New Orleans Jazz"* I like... 8)...!
Foot-tapping fun music... ...!

Cheers Paz... ...!

Paul.

*Drum, Trumpet, Clarinet, Banjo, etc... 8).... ...!
(Sometimes referred to as "The Stomp")

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dude, do you know what improv is?  thats exacly what jazz is about-improv.  Yes some artists are full of themselves, but man they make some cool music.

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The sort of Jazz that Paz and I are referring to, (apart from Modern Jazz), is what we call "Jamming", where the musicians play a fized  sequence of notes, chords and bars, following a regular pattern, so that each musician knows exactly what the next pattern will be.
Even the listening audience are "tapping" along to the same patterns... 8)...!

With Modern Jazz, and "Improvisation", it appears that each musician is playing independently of the rest of the band, who are desperately trying to guess what the next sequence is "likely" to be..... ...!

It generally does not conform the the "Western" style of music playing, with a fixed number of beats to the bar... ...!

The listening audience are mostly confused, and "tapping along" is out of the question... ...!

An exponent of "Modern Jazz" is the pianist, Dudley Moore,(of comedy and film fame).

For the Classic style of Western music listen to:
John Dowland
Henry Purcell.
Mozart.
J.S. Bach.
The 12 bar blues style.
Boogie-Woogie.
Elvis.
Top Of The Pops.
etc...

All easily recognized, and danced to, by the general public... ...!

The type of music I could NEVER relate to is that which is called "Concrete" music, composed by such people as Sir Michael Tippet, etc... ...!
(I suspect that a quantity of Magic Mushrooms must be consumed by Sir Michael before putting pen to paper)... ...!

Me...?
I'll stick to the 12 bar Blues... ...!

Cheers all...!

Paul. A "regular" musician... ... ...!