[Dixielandjazz] Jazz Goes To College

[Craig I. Johnson]

THat was priceless, Steve. It hits lots of chords. Like what the hell are some of those
kids doing in college in the first place, and look what has become of their awareness of
almost anything that is not on MTV?
Oy veh!!

Craig

On 5/20/2005 3:34:29 PM, Steve barbone (barbonestreet at earthlink.net) wrote:
> These are quotes from students in a college jazz history class. They are
> extracted from the essay topic,
> "What I learned over this semester
> in jazz history." These are all
> genuine responses, completely unaltered.
> They are all 18+ year old students; not high school or middle school age
> kids. None of them are music students. Ah, the Jazz Oblivious. :-) VBG
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> 
> "Free Jazz is an era that I wished I had never learned about.²
> 
> "Free
> Jazz. Wow; what a sound it makes. An awful, horrible sound. I don¹t
> see how that can actually be called a sound.  My 5 year old nephew could
> pound on the piano and make the same sound! He may even make a better
> sound.
> To be honest, that sound is one big mess.²
> 
> "With swing, it¹s kind of up in the air for me. I must say I tried like hell
> to keep up with it.²