[Dixielandjazz] Fw: [TPIN] Straight Ahead Jazz

[Bob Romans]

Hi, lovers of OKOM...
Here is an interesting post from the TPIN...I purposely left the previous
posts in.
Romans
-----Original Message-----
From: bill faust <bfaust at columbus.rr.com>
To: rmoore at sottm.com <rmoore at sottm.com>; tpin at tpin.dana.edu
<tpin at tpin.dana.edu>
Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: [TPIN] Straight Ahead Jazz


I think the term Mainstream is more common than Straight Ahead. Mainstream
tends to refer to a more traditional swing-derived style that emerged in the
50's post-big band era. Mainstream would be characteristic of players like
Roy Eldridge, Harry Edison, Benny Carter or Buck Clayton. Non-mainstream
styles were typically given specific names like Bop, Modal, West Coast Cool
etc. I like to think of it this way:

Trad jazz - Louis Armstrong = the earth or soil
Big Band - Harry James = the tree roots
Mainstream - Roy Eldridge = the tree trunk
Bop - Dizzy = a branch
Modal - Miles = another branch
Cool - Chet = another branch
etc.

Bill Faust
Jazz Philosopher

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>From: "Ralph D. Moore" <shopharim at yahoo.com>
>To: tpin at tpin.dana.edu
>Subject: [TPIN] Straight Ahead Jazz
>Date: Wed, Jul 16, 2003, 4:47 PM
>

> What is meant by the term "straight ahead jazz?"
>
> I had a sense of it, I guess, but then I recently saw an article about a
> band that played
> "straight ahead rock."  So, I'm guessing 'straight ahead' has some
> historical implication as to
> the progression of a genre, any genre, as opposed to being a specific type
of
jazz.
>
> Yes? No?
>
> Ralph
>
> I know I could do a "google" search and get info, but I just like the
> pespeictive of this forum.
>
> __________________________________