[Dixielandjazz] Music Definitions

[Joe Carbery]

It was in reference to Bunny that I heard it first, Stan.

Joe Carbery.


On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Stan Brager <sbrager at verizon.net> wrote:

> As much as I hate to disagree with such august sages as Steve and Bob,
> Bunny
> Berigan gets my nod as the originator of that phrase.
>
> Stan
> Stan Brager
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Voce [mailto:stevevoce at virginmedia.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 10:46 AM
> To: Bob Romans
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Music Definitions
>
> It wasn't Stan Getz who said that about practicing. It was Zoot Sims.
>
> Steve Voce
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On 18 Oct 2013, at 18:39, "Bob Romans" <cellblk7 at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks to Dan Augustine!
> >
> >
> >
> > And here are a couple more thoughts on music:
> >
> >
> >
> > "Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the
> > ass."  -- Frank Zappa
> >
> >
> >
> > "Now, everyone look like you're having fun. Only don't."  --Lawrence
> > Welk
> >
> >
> >
> > "When one day an arctic traveler played a recorded song by one
> >
> >  of the most famous European composers to an Eskimo singer,
> >
> >  the man smiled somewhat haughtily and stated: 'Many many
> >
> >  notes, but no better music.'"  -- Curt Sachs _The Wellsprings of
> > Music_
> >
> >
> >
> > Someone asked famous jazz saxophonist Stan Getz how he could play so
> > well
> >
> > while he was drunk.  He replied, "Easy, I practice drunk!"
> >
> >
> >
> > Jazz musician Bobby Hackett was once addressed by a customs official,
> >
> > whose sceptical eye had espied his trumpet case:
> >
> >    "Is that a musical instrument?"  he asked.
> >
> >    "Sometimes," replied Hackett
> >
> >
> >
> > "Just hoping it would get better, man."
> >
> >            -- modern-jazz sax-player on why his solo lasted for 20
> minutes.
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Subject: Fwd: Definitions
> >
> > Date: October 18, 2013 12:43:02 AM CDT
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > BANDSTAND: The area furthest away from an electrical outlet.
> >
> > BIG BAND: Nowadays, an aggregation consisting of two musicians.
> >
> > BROADWAY PIT JOB: A prison sentence disguised as a gig.
> >
> > CABARET: A venue where singers do songs from shows that closed out of
> town.
> >
> > CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME: God's way of telling you that you've practiced
> > too much.
> >
> > CATERER: A man whose hatred for musicians is unrivaled.
> >
> > CLASSICAL COMPOSER: A man ahead of his time and behind in the rent.
> >
> > CLUBDATER: God's way of telling you that you didn't practice enough.
> >
> > CRUISE SHIP WORK: A gig that gives a musician two reasons to throw up.
> >
> > DJ: The guy your son would rather have play for his Bar Mitzvah.
> >
> > DOUBLE BASS: The instrument the folks footing the bill feel is
> unnecessary.
> >
> > DOWNBEAT: The magazine that would have you believe that all jazz
> > musicians are working.
> >
> > ELECTRIC PIANO: The instrument that enables its player to pay for the
> > hernia he sustained lifting it.
> >
> > HOTEL PIANIST: A guy who looks good in a tux.
> >
> > JAZZ: The only true American art form beloved by Europeans.
> >
> > JAZZ FESTIVAL: An event attended by folks who think Coltrane is a car
> > on the B&O railroad.
> >
> > LYRIC: That part of a tune known only by singers and homosexuals.
> >
> > MELLOPHONE: An instrument best put to use when converted into a lamp.
> >
> > MOVIE COMPOSER: Someone who can write like anyone except himself.
> >
> > NEW AGE: A musical substitute for Valium.
> >
> > NEW YEAR'S EVE: The night of the year when contractors are forced to
> > hire musicians they despise.
> >
> > ORCHESTRATOR: The musician who enhances a composer's music, only to be
> > chastised for it.
> >
> > PERCUSSIONIST: A drummer who can't swing.
> >
> > PERFECT PITCH: The ability to pinpoint any note and still play out of
> tune.
> >
> > PIANIST: An archaic term for a keyboard player.
> >
> > PRODIGY: A kid who has as much chance at a normal childhood as the
> > Chicago Cubs winning the World Series.
> >
> > RAGA: The official music of New York's Taxi and Limousine Commission.
> >
> > RARE VIOLIN: A Stradivarius, not to be confused with a rare violinist,
> > which is someone over four foot eleven.
> >
> > SIDEMAN: The appellation that guarantees a musician will never be rich.
> >
> > STAFF MUSICIAN: Harder to locate than a cavity in the Osmond family.
> >
> > STEADY ENGAGEMENT: Look up in Webster's Dictionary under the word
> > ''obsolete.''
> >
> > UNION REP: A guy who thinks big bands are coming back.
> >
> > VERSE: The part of a tune that's disposable, except to its composer.
> >
> > WURLITZER: The Ford Pinto of pianos.
> >
> > YANNI: A man blessed with great hair for music.
> >
> > __________________
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > **--------------------------------------------------------------------
> > **
> >
> > **  Dan Augustine  --  Austin, Texas  --  ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu
> >
> > **     "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench,
> >
> > **      a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free,
> >
> > **      and good men die like dogs.  There's also a negative side."
> >
> > **                       -- Hunter Thompson
> >
> > **--------------------------------------------------------------------
> > **
> >
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