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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: Then how do you explain the popularity (relatively speaking) of American jazz in Europe/Japan? nt posted by Rick W on April 3, 2005 at 08:24:55:
Rick W,There's probably few people, that insist on hearing only the compositions of their own country. In the countries I mention, one does hear much more of the product of that place, but the old Masters still rule.
Starting out with the comment about Copland, we were talking about really the classical or academic music world, so jazz is a bit outside the conversation, but I think there's always the lure of the exotic.
Jazz does has a following in Europe, Asia, and Russia in the same way Americans listen to all kinds of folk/ethnic music form all over: bluegrass, "Chieftains", Peruvian pan pipes, bagpipes, Ravi Shankar, gamalon, koto, and all kinds of folk music- it's just so exotic and strange, there's a novelty about someone else's folk forms- and jazz is not an acadmic genre- that draws in a certain kind of listener.
It's futile really to make such sweeping statements, so I just think that in balance, I"d say only that you're likely to hear more of the music of the country you're in than you hear of it elsewhere. Plus, the critical opinion of national composers will generally be stronger in the country of origin- though sometimes composers are specially roasted in their country while simultaneously revered elsewhere. I think Mozart claimed this effect!
Cheers,
Bambi B
Europeans often cross the boundaries between different genres of music and will listen to classical, popular, jazz, and ethnic.
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