[Dixielandjazz] Free Form Music

[Tony Davis]

On 19/10/14 22:08, Charles Suhor wrote (in part):
> 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. 

Charles, if you haven't come across it, can I recommend "A Shorter 
Finnegans Wake" (note the lack of an apostrophe - that's important), 
edited by Anthony Burgess; in Burgess's own words an "attempt to bring a 
great masterpiece to a wider audience".  I'm sure you'd find it 
illuminating and rewarding.

I haven't yet read Ulysses to the end, but it's on my bucket list, as is 
being able to play the last chorus of West End blues perfectly.  But 
life's too short for me to want to dabble in free form jazz.

Regards,

Tony Davis