[Dixielandjazz] The Stomp is back.

[Marek Boym]

Having read it carefully, I have no idea what they are talking about!
Cheers

On 07/09/2009, Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>
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