<div dir="ltr"><div>Call me a reactionary, but "free" music means cacophony. Full stop.</div><div>Cheers<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 7 Oct 2020 at 10:11, Robert Ringwald <<a href="mailto:rsr@ringwald.com">rsr@ringwald.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div><font size="4">I hate Free Jazz, or whatever you want to call it.
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="alevy@alevy.com">Al Levy</a>
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<div><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 6, 2020 11:12 AM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="rsr@ringwald.com">Bob Ringwald</a> </div>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> [Dixielandjazz] screw the changes</div></div></div>
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<div style="font-size:small;text-decoration:none;font-family:"Calibri";font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;display:inline"><font size="+2">Hey Bob,<br>Best "How Many" joke to date.<br>Thank you for the
chuckle.<br><br>On one occasion I went to Village Vanguard to hear Buddy De
Franco. <br>I loved many of his recordings. <br>He was playing in trio with a
guitar and Bass.<br>The style was "free jazz." I left after a few minutes.
<br>It might have been fun for the performers. <br><br>I have to confess: I
wrote a suite for brass (trumpets, french horns, trombones and tubas)<br>The
conductor, a former New York Philharmonic trombonist, had sessions every Tuesday
night.<br>In the 3rd movement of my suite I had a "free form" section. <br>No
conductor. No score. No key. No time signature.<br>Little by little each player
joined in, playing what ever they wanted to play.<br>The effect was like a coda
without rhyme or reason. <br>The conductor could raise his baton at any time and
have complete silence. (an extended fermata) then<br>Down beat and cues such as
"wah wah" trpt., "slide down" for trmb." <br>and "dead stop on down beat" for
every body. <br>It worked, The conductor liked it, I liked it, the ensemble
players asked to keep the suite in their repertoire. <br>I was honored.
<br><br>Many years later I sat in with some jazz players I has never met. <br>A
friend of theirs and mine made the recommendation.<br>The host told me this was
a free form session. My thought "Okay, I got ears."<br>I must admit it was fun
for a while. After an hour I made an excuse to leave.<br>As soon as I was safe
and sound in my car I put on a Mozart symphony.<br>It was like taking a
shower.<br><br>Dixieland content: Have you ever seen a parade on Rampart
Street?<br>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></font>
<div><font size="+2">On 10/5/2020 9:07 AM, Robert Ringwald
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<div><font size="+2">Q: <font face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:12pt" color="#000000">How many avant garde jazz musicians does
it take to CHANGE a light bulb? </font></font></font></div>
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