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

[Marek Boym]

As far as I am concerned, "modern" as apply to arts just has one spare
letter - it should only have four.
Cheers

On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 at 00:21, Ron L'Herault <lherault at verizon.net> wrote:

> Don’t know if it is for the same reason but I’m with you.   Modern
> music/jazz leaves me cold.  I can’t connect with it.
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> Ron L
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> *From:* Dan Spink [mailto:danspink at dceo.rutgers.edu]
> *Sent:* Sunday, October 28, 2018 11:22 AM
> *To:* Ron
> *Cc:* Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> *Subject:* [Dixielandjazz] A Simple Way To Define Our Kind Of Music
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> 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:
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> 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.
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> My bias may not be appreciated but I respect musical skill in any genre.
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> Any comments from anyone?
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> Dan Spink
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