From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2015 #393 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe:mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website: http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Tuesday, August 4 2015 Volume 2015 : Number 393 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: what is Jazz? njc [Clint Norwood ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 16:56:50 +0000 (UTC) From: Clint Norwood Subject: Re: what is Jazz? njc Hi Jim,You are very correct. My jazz biases were produced from indoctrination into Jazz theory and improv classes back when I was college age and didn't know what I wanted to do with my life. I still dont :(-Clint On Tuesday, August 4, 2015 11:53 AM, Jim L'Hommedieu wrote: I hear ya.B That's the definition that I think of too, normally.B It describes a certain era, for sure.B But it's only one part.B Like no one would argue that Pops was outside of Jazz, yet he's almost out of your definition. Was Ellington's band not jazz, because they (sometimes) stayed close to the composition?B heh heh Joni steps out of shade, says something like, "My music is wide, like jazz." Just sayin, Jim >To me, (drum roll) I think jazz is a piece of music that has a basic head (like the beginning of Miles Davis' "So What!") but the rest of the tune has nothing but very broad chord charts to arrange the rest of the "song." In this way there is no melody excepting the beginning head. The rest of the tune (solos and trade offs between the musicians) must be played over those broad chord charts and the musicians can do anything they like to go with the music.> ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2015 #393 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendto joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------