[Dixielandjazz] The Stomp is back.

[Stephen G Barbone]

Remembering a recent thread about What is a "Stomp" (eg Billygoat  
Stomp etc), here, apparently,  is the current definition of "Stomp".

Damn, first they stole the definition of jazz and now stomp. <grin>

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonesttreetjazzband


September 7, 2009 - NY TIMES - By Ben Ratliff

A Minimalist Incarnation of the Stomp


In “The Blood,” played at P.S. 1 on Saturday afternoon, Glenn Branca’s  
sextet took a little time to establish the Stomp, but after a few  
minutes it arrived. Most of the scores Mr. Branca has composed for his  
electric-guitar ensembles contain parts for bass and drums too, and  
the Stomp makes its appearance, as reliable as the other parts are  
shifting.



The Stomp is a four-four thump, straight from the garage. When the  
music gathers its prickly-heat tension, various guitars modulating at  
odds with one another and at least one playing steady drone chords,  
the Stomp becomes more stylized: a kind of rock habanera beat. If you  
have ever been shaken by some of Mr. Branca’s electric-guitar music —  
symphonies and shorter works — you have depended on this beat to carry  
you through it.



Remainder snipped.