Yes, well, as I've often said, in these matters I can't prove I'm right any more than anyone can prove I'm wrong.
But I so often hear it said these days - even by aestheticans - that jazz is good music - as if this were a statement of the obvious which everyone would agree to, that I feel a kind of duty to state what I myself believe to be the case: jazz is a seriously impoverished musical form - only one slight step above pop and rock music. DA ----- Original Message ----- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: [???] Re: Music and all that jazz Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:00:57 GMT > Derek, I command your brevity to show so openly your > limits of musical sensibility. > B.Shoshensky > > -- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I sat through an > evening of jazz last night. Very good jazz , I was told. > > Usually, when I hear jazz I simply flee, but since that > was not an option this time I decided to listen as > attentively as possible and try to work out if there > seemed any basis at all for the now widespread view among > aestheticians that jazz is good music. > > The experience only reinforced the view I already held. > Jazz is a desperately impoverished musical form. In > essence it is just musicalised beat. Insistent, > monotonous beat, dressed up with shreds and patches of > melody and various repetitive rills and frills. > > I sat there pining for Mozart. For real music. > > DA > > __________________________________________________________ > ___ See Mexico for less! Click now for great vacation > deals! > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2221/fc/Ioyw6i4tl0CF435etNBGlHZkHhfTJw > 2WBLKrktIpf9cqCXePafEScE/
