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

[Marek Boym]

Dan includes rock, hymns and even some classical music.  Not all really
"hot."
Your email, by the way, again arrived in spam.
Cheers

On Sun, 28 Oct 2018 at 19:11, Steve Voce <stevevoce at virginmedia.com> wrote:

> 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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