[Dixielandjazz] 'smooth jazz' (was cloddish musicians)

[Patrick Cooke]

Thanks for the analysis of smooth jazz, Tom.  I have listened to it many
times in an effort to find the heart of it.  I felt "I must be missing
something here".  I'm still missing it.  My main problem is I can't seem to
figure out where the choruses start and stop.  If I tried to play it, I
would be coming in at all the wrong places.
    Maybe in my next life,,,,,,,,
    Pat Cooke
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <TCASHWIGG at aol.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Cloddish MUSICIANS?


> In a message dated 9/7/04 8:04:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
patcooke at cox.net
> writes:
>
> > Today's younger crowd (wherever they are) thinks traditional jazz is
> > what was played by Dave Brubeck and Miles Davis.  Lord only knows what
they
> > call modern.
> >
>
> Hi Pat"
>
> They unfortunately call Kenny G, Michael Brecker, Keiko Matsui, Gregg
Adams,
> Paul Hardcastle, and about twelve other acts nobody on this list ever
heard
> of, or wants to hear of, modern jazz along with a bunch of other wispy
Smooth
> Jazzers all playing one instrument over synth and drum tracks and trying
to
> impress the world with their fabulous one man band talent.  UUUUGH, puke,
wretch,
> the melody is 8 bars long and repeats five hundred times to the endless
drum
> track, second verse same 8 bar melody line modulated one step up, third
verse
> (if one) back down and tagged 12 times and faded out because they can't
find
> the end.
>
> Second song on the CD, same melody but in the other key.
>
> Third song, first song played at double speed
>
> Third song is second song played at half speed to resemble a ballad.
>
> Fourth song,  Mix em all up go fast go slow go halfast name it something
> cool.
>
> Put a pretty almost naked lady on the front cover and sell a bunch of
copies
> to the marketing guys at Clear Channel and sit back and wait to be a star.
> Play only shows promoted by Clear Channel radio stations that they are
paying
> promo guys to get them airplay on and bore the audience to death that
shows up
> for the free shows.
>
> You get the drift.
>
> In San Francisco  we have a hot group called "Mingus Among Us" who have
some
> very good awesome players, but he last outing they played they let about
six
> Rappers and Hip Hoppers get up on stage in front of them, All I can say is
a
> wasted disgusted afternoon which drove a lot of folks to the bar often to
get
> through their set to see some real music by the Wild Magnolias from New
Orleans
> who did not dissapoint them.
>
> Sure glad I got there late and only had to endure 20 minutes of the
garbage.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tom Wiggins
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