[Dixielandjazz] RV: screw the changes

[Al Levy]

Sadly, I have been away from this non-Dixieland discussion due to many 
medical appointments.

We all have something in common. I must assume that you like or love 
some form of music. Otherwise you would not join this forum.
So, although we all have unique backgrounds and stories to tell and 
opinions to express in some way we are all in tune with different vibes.
I "grew up" very quickly from putting down artists that I didn't really 
hear. That included Louis Armstrong (too old fashioned), The Andrews 
Sisters (too commercial),
Bing Crosby (all of the above). I was fortunate enough, at age 18, to be 
with these artists at recording dates. It spun my mind around.
In high school and later at college I was deep into Be Bop. Dizzy, Bird, 
the Pres. Bud Powell, Erroll,Shearing and so on. I listened to Symphony 
Sid and Jazzbo Collins religiously.

So, (it's become common on air to start a sentence with "so") It is my 
way of being sarcastic.

So, in 1953 I entered Manhattan School of Music. Professor Howard 
Murphy, teaching Theory 1, played a recording of "Music For Celeste. 
Percussion and Strings" by Bela Bartok.
There were about 20 Freshmen students in the class. There was a lot of 
giggling and other noise emanating from the assembled students.
In my senior year Prof. Murphy played a recording of "Music For Celeste. 
Percussion and Strings" by Bela Bartok for our Theory 8 class with 8 
students.
No giggles. Just "AHA!, "I get it."

Someone posted "Free Jazz or Music" equals chaos. I posted earlier that 
I wrote a classical suite for Brass Instruments.
The titles of the movements are "Sunrise" "Noon" and "Sunset". I also 
posted that in the 3rd movement there was a section of "free form"
where each and every musician had different entrances with hints of what 
and when to play. NO NOTES were in that part of the score!
In my head - I was writing a tone poem about the creation of the earth, 
the time in between creation and destruction, and eventual destruction 
of mankind using A bombs or worse.
YES, I was musically describing chaos. Kudos to the person who figured 
it out, Unfortunately the score got eaten up by racoons in the attic of 
my home.
I did find the first movement and it is available in midi and/or an MP3, 
from the midi. Using "Aria Player" and "Orchestral Sound Fonts" adds a 
little realism to the sounds.
  Dixieland content - I learned to admire King Oliver, The ODJB, Wingy 
Manone and many more.
Stay safe, stay well, and VOTE.


On 10/7/2020 7:38 PM, Tony Orr wrote:
> Here's an oxymoron: Cognoscenti of the modern would happily pay to see 
> free form jazz played. It has been described as "fire in a pet shop" 
> music because that's what it sounds like.

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