[Dixielandjazz] Free Form Music

[Charles Suhor]

Okay, I get it--there's generally though not universally a low threshold of acceptance of free form music on the list. Understandably, since its title is "D(ixieland)JML" and the byword is "OKOM." Pluralize the K, and I’m good with it. I can enjoy good jazz from Bunk to Monk, as the old slogan goes (and beyond).
By way of footnote to the strand, I'll add that experimentation in music, literature, painting, theater, film, or whatever, has always been met with hostility and ridicule by those who are comfortable with their conditioned tastes. Some innovative works, styles, and genres die a natural and deserved  death, while others endure to be enjoyed by large or specialize populations. 
I also get it that even art that stands the test of time often remains impenetrable to large numbers of people. As a retired English teacher, I publicly confess that I found Faulkner’s "Absalom, Absalom" and Joyce’s "Finnegan’s Wake" unreadable. But I won't dismiss those works as nonsense or be flippant about the authors or readers who can respond to them with pleasure.

Charlie Suhor

On Oct 18, 2014, at 6:11 PM, Louis Lince wrote:

> Steve,
> 
> We don't often agree, but we don't fall out these days! You've nailed it with this one
> 
> Best
> 
> Louis
> 
> Steve said <polite snip>Al Cohn was asked if he listened to free form jazz. "No, I don't," he replied, "and I don't read books written by people who can't spell."
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