[Dixielandjazz] Applause

[Bill Gunter]

John Farrell writes (re: applause)

>And that's jazz? Ye Gods . . .

No no no - Jazz is the sound produced by jazz musicians.  Applause is the 
sound produced by an audience.

Jazz musicians are what they are (good, bad, amateur, professional, smart, 
dumb, etc.) and there are many varieties.

Audiences, on the other hand, are always the same (some individuals good, 
some individuals bad, some individuals smart, some individuals dumb and, as 
a whole, virtually always fickle).

Don't confuse the two.

Audiences are gullable . . . they can be hoodwinked . . . they are rarely 
discriminating and even if they are you can't depend on consistency of 
perception.

Can you imagine how many pages it would take to completely describe the 
dynamics of performance and perception?  Scads! That's how many!

There is good jazz and there are appreciative audiences but I'm not going to 
share with anybody the secrets of how good jazz is produced and how good 
audiences perceive it.

Good luck,

Bill "Love that jazz" Gunter
jazzboard at hotmail.com

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