[Dixielandjazz] screw the changes

[Marek Boym]

Call me a reactionary, but "free" music means cacophony.  Full stop.
Cheers

On Wed, 7 Oct 2020 at 10:11, Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote:

> I hate Free Jazz, or whatever you want to call it.
>
> -Bob
>
>
> *From:* Al Levy
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 6, 2020 11:12 AM
> *To:* Bob Ringwald
> *Cc:* Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> *Subject:* [Dixielandjazz] screw the changes
>
> Hey Bob,
> Best "How Many" joke to date.
> Thank you for the chuckle.
>
> On one occasion I went to Village Vanguard to hear Buddy De Franco.
> I loved many of his recordings.
> He was playing in trio with a guitar and Bass.
> The style was "free jazz."  I left after a few minutes.
> It might have been fun for the performers.
>
> I have to confess: I wrote a suite for brass (trumpets, french horns,
> trombones and tubas)
> The conductor, a former New York Philharmonic trombonist, had sessions
> every Tuesday night.
> In the 3rd movement of my suite I had a "free form" section.
> No conductor. No score. No key. No time signature.
> Little by little each player joined in, playing what ever they wanted to
> play.
> The effect was like a coda without rhyme or reason.
> The conductor could raise his baton at any time and have complete silence.
> (an extended fermata) then
> Down beat and cues such as "wah wah" trpt., "slide down" for trmb."
> and "dead stop on down beat" for every body.
> It worked, The conductor liked it, I liked it, the ensemble players asked
> to keep the suite in their repertoire.
> I was honored.
>
> Many years later I sat in with some jazz players I has never met.
> A friend of theirs and mine made the recommendation.
> The host told me this was a free form session. My thought "Okay, I got
> ears."
> I must admit it was fun for a while. After an hour I made an excuse to
> leave.
> As soon as I was safe and sound in my car I put on a Mozart symphony.
> It was like taking a shower.
>
> Dixieland content: Have you ever seen a parade on Rampart Street?
>
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> On 10/5/2020 9:07 AM, Robert Ringwald wrote:
>
> Q: How many avant garde jazz musicians does it take to CHANGE a light
> bulb?
>
> A: None, Screw the changes
>
>
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