[Dixielandjazz] Music theory

[Edmetzsr at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/15/2006 2:53:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
paul.edgerton at eds.com writes:

If you  want to be fully conversant in the language of jazz, you need to
know both  the vocabulary and the grammar.



Paul, well said.  These recent, nearly endless chains on the subjects  of set 
lists and theory usefulness lead me to believe that we've got lots of  folks 
who are unwilling to take the blinders off. Both categories may be very  
useful or totally useless depending on the personnel, their flexibility, their  
level of experience, their ability to plan, their willingness to think, their  
ability to read, their desire to play more than the dirty dozen, ............and 
 on and on and on. "Enuff" said. Ed Metz