[Dixielandjazz] A Simple Way To Define Our Kind Of Music

[Steve Voce]

It seems like a very laboured way of saying "hot".

Steve Voce

On 28/10/2018 15:22, Dan Spink wrote:
> I have never authored an original email to this list. I hope your 
> readers find this interesting. All of the years I've played piano in 
> different bands I've noticed that the music I truly love can be easily 
> categorized harmonically and rhythmically--but I've never seen anyone 
> comment on this idea. Maybe the list mates have some opinions:
>
> The music I love I call "emotional" music which I contrast with 
> "intellectual" music. The first is harmonically centered on triads and 
> sevenths with a clearly "felt" two-beat or four beat. This includes 
> Dixieland, folk, church hymns, Rock, and even Classical. The opposite 
> I see as dissonance focus and a steady but not easily felt four beat. 
> I was playing in the Fifties when I sensed the split in "Jazz". I do 
> not wish to offend anyone, but I do not like Bebop or what could be 
> called "Modern Jazz" with so many complex, dissonant chords I can't 
> tell them apart sometimes.
>
> My bias may not be appreciated but I respect musical skill in any genre.
>
> Any comments from anyone?
>
> Dan Spink
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