http://frankroche.com/blog/2007/12/11/jazzed-about-jazz/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://frankroche.com/blog/2007/12/11/jazzed-about-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-679 Pinky Bear Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:32:51 +0000 http://frankroche.com/blog/2007/12/11/jazzed-about-jazz/#comment-679 Jazz, to me, is like a necessary evil, like death and taxes. Jazz, to me, is like a necessary evil, like death and taxes.

]]> http://frankroche.com/blog/2007/12/11/jazzed-about-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-4069 Pinky Bear Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:32:00 +0000 http://frankroche.com/blog/2007/12/11/jazzed-about-jazz/#comment-4069 Jazz, to me, is like a necessary evil, like death and taxes. Jazz, to me, is like a necessary evil, like death and taxes.

]]> http://frankroche.com/blog/2007/12/11/jazzed-about-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-678 rick Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:25:03 +0000 http://frankroche.com/blog/2007/12/11/jazzed-about-jazz/#comment-678 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. 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.

]]> http://frankroche.com/blog/2007/12/11/jazzed-about-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-4068 rick Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:25:00 +0000 http://frankroche.com/blog/2007/12/11/jazzed-about-jazz/#comment-4068 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. 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.

]]> http://frankroche.com/blog/2007/12/11/jazzed-about-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-677 Jessica Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:37:47 +0000 http://frankroche.com/blog/2007/12/11/jazzed-about-jazz/#comment-677 I don't a whole lot about jazz either. I just know that I love the sexy sound of it. I don’t a whole lot about jazz either. I just know that I love the sexy sound of it.

]]> http://frankroche.com/blog/2007/12/11/jazzed-about-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-4067 Jessica Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:37:00 +0000 http://frankroche.com/blog/2007/12/11/jazzed-about-jazz/#comment-4067 I don't a whole lot about jazz either. I just know that I love the sexy sound of it. I don’t a whole lot about jazz either. I just know that I love the sexy sound of it.

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