I don't think Ellington's remark is gibberish if it is put in context.
Ellington was talking about the fact that he found the term "jazz" to be
meaningless. That there is only music which can be judged either good or
bad. Of course that judgement is highly subjective, i.e. if I like it
it's good, if not it's bad. Still, I believe Ellington is correct in his
opinion of the term "jazz" which because it's used to mean everything,
essentially means nothing.
Gary
On 2013-08-06 16:20, howard posner wrote:
On Aug 5, 2013, at 5:51 PM, Edward Mast <[email protected]> wrote:
Disdain for either early or later music is foolish. Duke Ellington is
reputed to have said: "There are only two kinds of music; good music
and bad music".
And since no two persons will ever agree on which is which in every
case, this might be the most useless comment ever made on any subject.
While I think Ellington was (reputedly) talking gibberish,....
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