Jazzed About Jazz

by Frank Roche on December 11, 2007

Ubermensch over at 48Facets offers up some Jazz pointers and a few recommendations to get you started. I don’t know much about Jazz (or history…or biology…no, wait, that’s Art Garfunkel), but I’m willing to learn. I’m going to buy some of these albums and put them on my iPhone. I don’t know Jazz, but I like writing the word. That’s a start.

{ 6 comments }

Jessica December 11, 2007 at 2:37 pm

I don’t a whole lot about jazz either. I just know that I love the sexy sound of it.

Jessica December 11, 2007 at 10:37 am

I don’t a whole lot about jazz either. I just know that I love the sexy sound of it.

rick December 11, 2007 at 11:25 pm

Like many broad categories there are several musical forms that all claim to be jazz and within each form a million variations. I liken “smooth jazz” to getting a lobotomy. It is synthesized crap–though crap with a large following.
Dixieland is fun but in limited quantities and mostly when in NOLA.
Big band music has its place. It can be great but rarely personal.
That is why I like smaller groups from trios to sextets. Not much a fan of be bop. I don’t like the sounds to be strained.
Hear the individual notes, the blending of sounds and the recognizable melodies that are taken to new and different places by the best of the improvisers. Hot up tempo or slow and cool. That is good music.
not that I feel stongly about jazz. I just like how the word sounds. Makes my tongue buzz.

rick December 11, 2007 at 7:25 pm

Like many broad categories there are several musical forms that all claim to be jazz and within each form a million variations. I liken “smooth jazz” to getting a lobotomy. It is synthesized crap–though crap with a large following.
Dixieland is fun but in limited quantities and mostly when in NOLA.
Big band music has its place. It can be great but rarely personal.
That is why I like smaller groups from trios to sextets. Not much a fan of be bop. I don’t like the sounds to be strained.
Hear the individual notes, the blending of sounds and the recognizable melodies that are taken to new and different places by the best of the improvisers. Hot up tempo or slow and cool. That is good music.
not that I feel stongly about jazz. I just like how the word sounds. Makes my tongue buzz.

Pinky Bear December 12, 2007 at 5:32 am

Jazz, to me, is like a necessary evil, like death and taxes.

Pinky Bear December 12, 2007 at 1:32 am

Jazz, to me, is like a necessary evil, like death and taxes.

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