I believe the criterion for judging good music from bad lies in the quote (also Ellington??): "If it sounds good, it is good."
Leonard On 8/7/13 1:13 AM, "gary" <[email protected]> wrote: >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,.... > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
