On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:56:24 -0500, John Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >At 7:38 AM -0800 2/11/05, Brad Beyenhof wrote: >>On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:23:36 -0500, John Howell wrote: >>>And I don't even need to do more than mention jazz, which has finally >>>made it as an academic study and lost sponteneity and creativity in >>>the process (referring to the current fad of be-bop worship). >> >>Be-bop worship? I'm not aware of this fad. Do you mean the worship of >>be-bop, or the use of be-bop in church music? Either way, I'm not >>familiar with this phenomenon. >> >>I guess you *will* need to "do more than mention" jazz. :) > >The academic approach is exemplified by the curriculum at Berklee, >which emphasized (and may still do so) transcribing from recordings >of "Golden Age" be-boppers. Terrific ear training, no question about >it, but memorizing Charlie Parker solos is only the beginning, not >the eventual goal, for a jazz player or singer. And that Berklee >approach has been adopted at many other schools, including this one >before state budget cuts gutted our excellent and growing jazz >program. The be-bop greats themselves weren't imitating anybody >else, and the market for imitation Charlie Parkers is somewhat >limited.
Ah yes... I know what you mean. I just hadn't heard it described as "worship" before. -- Brad Beyenhof [EMAIL PROTECTED] my blog: http://augmentedfourth.blogspot.com FinaleIRC (come chat!): http://finaleirc.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
