[Dixielandjazz] Songs which do not have lyrics?

Mike mike at railroadstjazzwest.com
Tue Apr 10 21:06:43 PDT 2007


Ya gotta think outside of the box in those cases. Jazz is all 
about finding different ways to say something.

Mike



Fred Hoeptner wrote:
> List-Message-Recipient: mike at railroadstjazzwest.com
> 
> While I agree with the ideas presented, isn't this a perfect example of an
> oxymoron?  My dictionary says that a song "is a short musical 
> composition of
> words and music," or "a melody for a lyric poem or ballad."  Of course,
> there is a well-known classical piece entitled "Song Without Words."   Oh,
> well.
> 





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