[Dixielandjazz] Free Form Music

[Paul Kurtz Jr]

I read Ulyses, beginning to end and it was like pulling out teeth with a pair of pliers. However, I did get a couple of things of use out of it. No, I wouldn’t read it again. :-) :-) I have better things to do with my time. But again, a couple of useful things were gleaned from it.

Paul Kurtz Jacksonville, FL
> On Oct 19, 2014, at 5:49 PM, Marek Boym <marekboym at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 20 October 2014 00:08, Charles Suhor <csuhor at zebra.net> wrote:
> 
>> Okay, I get it--there's generally though not universally a low threshold
>> of acceptance of free form music
> 
> 
> 
> Free form - what?
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> 
>> 
>> 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.
> 
> 
> Have they really?  Joyce is widely celebrated, but do people read it?  I
> still have to meet someone who's read "Ulysses" to the end.
> 
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> 
>> But I won't dismiss those works as nonsense or be flippant about the
>> authors or readers who can respond to them with pleasure.
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> 
> As to the authors - I neither know nor care.  But are there people who
> really "respond to them with pleasure?"  Or might it be the case of the
> emperor, some "clothing" and the little boy?I tend to believe it's the
> latter.
> 
> Cheers
> 
>> 
>> Charlie Suhor
>> 
>> On Oct 18, 2014, at 6:11 PM, Louis Lince wrote:
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>>> 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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