[Dixielandjazz] John Edward Hasse on "Jazz"

[Phil O'Rourke]

On 3/03/2012 6:38 AM, Stephen G Barbone wrote:
> Smithsonian Magazine has an "Ask Smithsonian" page. One of the 
> questions asked on this page in the March Issue was:
>
> Question: "Jazz from the 1920s sounds nothing like jazz today. Why do 
> we use 'jazz' for such different music?"
>
> Answer: "The many disparate styles of jazz are linked by melodies with 
> bent or 'blue' notes, call-and-response patterns, off beat and 
> syncopated rhythms, and, finally, improvisation - each time a jazz 
> band plays a piece, it sounds fresh."
>
> John Edward Hasse, Curator of American Music
> National Museum of American History.
>
> Any comments?

I remember reading somewhere years ago that in an interview either Dizzy 
Gillespie or Miles Davis said emphatically "We don't play jazz. We play 
bop!"

-- 
Phil O'Rourke
Australia