[Dixielandjazz] Musical ability, a Sign of Intelligence?

[Russ Guarino]

Einstein had great difficulty with math.  There was a poster in one of the high
school math classes I subbed for that said.... [ something like the following
].... "Whatever your difficulty is in math, it is not as difficult as I have
with math".

By the way what does (polite snip) mean?

Russ Guarino

Steve barbone wrote:

> Charlie Suhor wrote: (polite snip)
>
> > We've all known
> > musicians who were gifted in other areas, and musicians who were not
> > very bright in school and other areas. Charlie Parker was an addict,
> > and he once said that he spent four years in high school and ended up a
> > sophomore. But nothing will convince me that he wasn't very broadly
> > intelligent, his academic failure rooted in other causes. The
> > abstraction of Bird's groundbreakingly complex rhythmic lines and his
> > innovative improvisation on the higher intervals of chords demonstrate
> > a creative genius, not a musical savant or an example of roped-off
> > emotional intelligence.
>
> Yes indeedy. Bird was one of the most intelligent men I have ever met. He
> could converse meaningfully on just about any subject you can name from
> Einstein's Theory of Relativity, to the meaning of life. And he was an
> intensely curious person, seeking the reasons. He always asked "Why".
>
> And he was at the same time, an emotional cripple with his addictions.
> Perhaps "intelligence" has nothing to do with scholastic achievement? Didn't
> Einstein himself have a relatively hard time in some classroom studies?
>
> And he sure warn't no dummy. ;-) VBG.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
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