[Dixielandjazz] Free Form Music

[domitype .]

Paul, have you ever heard this? http://youtu.be/bMoQIr_ngAs  It is not
exactly "Free Jazz" as most understand the term, but it is a lot "looser"
than many other examples of music I have heard - and it jumps centuries of
musical styles - Gerry Mulligan on the Celestial Musician LP by Paul Beaver
& Bernard Krause.

David Richoux

On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Paul Kurtz Jr <kurtzph at comcast.net> wrote:

> Charlie, I’ve held off commenting on this topic because of the many, many
> who don’t like free-form jazz and modern stuff in general. I can’t say
> there’s a ton of it I like, but there’s one part of the baby I don’t want
> to throw out with the bath water.
>
> When I play for anybody including as recently as playing for a church
> service this morning, I try and put different chord structures and flows in
> there. I also put different scales in there, as long as they transition
> well to where I’m going. My material can’t be free-form because I’m working
> within an existing melody and chord structure. But, what I do with that is
> and can be helped by some of the things I listen to in some of the freer
> jazz licks. I can better do what I need to do with more variety. Augmented
> and diminished chords that can transition to different parts of a song but
> aren’t always used are good things to hear and know. So, I just use these
> as a stretching exercise or stretching exercises for me.
>
> Paul Kurtz Jacksonville, FL
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