[Dixielandjazz] What is Jazz?

[Marek Boym]

Play - or sing?  The latter is easy, as in his last years he could
only sing, and on some songs was not even accompanied by a jazz band.
Play - I guess you're right.  Louis (and Hodges) could play a melody
straight and still make it  sound like jazz.
Cheers


On 17/08/07, Robert S. Ringwald <robert at ringwald.com> wrote:
> Someone wrote:
>
> >>> Some, like Armstrong, played the same solo over and over. Is that Jazz?
>
> Steve Barbone answered:
> >>> Sure, if the listener wants it to be.
>
>
> I wrote:
> >> As far as I am concerned, it is not up to the listener to decide whether
> >> Armstrong's repeated solos were  Jazz.  Even if they were repeated time
> >> after time, they were still Jazz.
> >>
> >> Even though he may have played the same solos, there was always something
> >> a
> >> little different about them.  He was not playing in a symphony orchestra,
> >> trying to play the exact same way every time.  he was improvising on his
> >> own
> >> solos.
>
>
> Steve wrote:
> > hey Bob:
> >
> > Didn't you, as the listener, just define jazz above? If not, who? <grin>.
> >>From my point of view as a listener, not everything Louis did was jazz.
>
>
> I reply:
> Touché.
>
> However, regarding your comment, "From my point of view as a listener, not
> everything Louis did was jazz.", IMO regardless of who Louis recorded with,
> no matter in what setting, no matter what style the band was playing, he
> always played Jazz.
>
>  If you disagree, please point out on which recording he did not play Jazz.
>
> --Bob Ringwald
>
>
>
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