|
Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
|
|
|
Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
|
In Reply to: Points well taken... posted by daveemac on March 7, 2001 at 01:52:35:
DavidI agree that there is much more room for a vocal and raucous audience in Jazz. It's often a great contact high during performances.
Going a step further, I do some times miss the idea of social dancing traditionally associated with Jazz and Blues. (I don't think that I could do the retro swing thing, just as I could not do ballroom dancing, some how it seems too regressive.) A lot of musicians, as I 'm sure you know, worked hard to change the status of Jazz so that it would be taken seriously, and maybe you reap what you sow. So to speak. I think that since people respect the music often the response is to be quiet. One thing that I might add is that as Jazz and Blues have become more marginalized in popular culture any Jazz audience will have some first timers, or those people who are trying to get to know the music, and they aren't involved in a visceral way. On the other hand I hate when an audience applauds wildly when some one hits a high note, I never understood Cat Anderson.
As for Winton, I was not questioning his Jazz making, which I admire, I was referring only to the classical trumpet pieces I heard. On a related topic, I am always amazed by contemporary conductors and orchestras don't "swing" more. What I mean is that after decades of rhythmic popular music, ironically, one often finds a more solid rhythmic approach in the work of conductors during the first part of the century. At least that's my scurvy view of the moment.
Gregg
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Follow Ups
- Thanks for responding... - gd 18:43:04 03/07/01 (0)
Top of Page ]
[ Contact Us ]
[ Support/Wish List ]
[ Copyright © 2025, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]
