[Dixielandjazz] The Jazzy J.S. Bach

[Steve barbone]

"George Thurmond" <gmthur at delrio.com> wrote (polite snip)
 
> Me thinks Gunter is putting me on about Johann Sebastian Bach
> inventing jazz.

Well, maybe not entirely a put on. Gill Gunter has a thoughtful point. J.S.
Bach was certainly an improviser  which is usually a key element of jazz. He
may not have had a "jazz feel" as we know it, but he certainly had many
elements of jazz in his music.. E.G.  Improvisation and Counterpoint and
Various Instrumental Combinations.

Many jazz musicians today are well grounded in Bach.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone