Hi guys - saw this article this morning and thought you would be interested:
http://billplakemusic.org/2011/08/03/the-beginning-jazz-improvisers-biggest-mistake/
http://billplakemusic.org/2011/08/03/the-beginning-jazz-improvisers-biggest-mistake/
Jazz for aficionados
Learsfool, I'm glad you found the time to join us. That was a very good article, I liked the way it began with a comparison to life; "We speak and move spontaneously everyday with no real struggle". We improvise every day, (it's called living). After reading this article, I related it to my friend. Although he had been a professional musician almost all his life, he was a sideman with the greats we have talked about; not until he shook off all those shackles (playing this way, or that way) did he really come into his own. I saw the transformation, it's called faith; when a musician releases what's inside of him, that he didn't know existed, that's when the fantastic music flows. Of course this only comes after the musician has learned: tonality, harmony, song forms, time and rhythm, just to name some of the elements of music. I recently purchased some fantastic music that has a long story to go along with it. I first heard this music a long time ago, and didn't think much of it. Not until I saw the movie it was created for did the music hit me; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OKQdp6iGUk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjURPebrbrY This music penetrates into the depths of how much one person can love another. Enjoy the music. |
Has this thread died? It recently disappeared from my list, and I had some trouble finding it. I am surprised that O-10 and Rok have not kept it going! Anyway, I was just going to share with you guys who don't believe that a great many classical musicians are audiophiles that there was recently published a funny list of 10 Highly Annoying Things That Only Classical Musicians Do (don't have the link, sorry!), and number 6 on the list was that they are constantly talking about and criticizing their hi-fi systems. The commentary said that they should get over themselves and listen to an iPod like everyone else. |
Learsfool, I am certainly not among that group; as a matter of fact, I thought classical sounded like noise until I heard it on a high end rig: Sota Star Saphire, Koetsu, ARC, and Theil speakers. Now I seem to like it best in movies (movie theaters have incredible sound systems) Here's one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGtN3lpI2f4 You can start this thread back up by submitting some of the best classical, or best jazz in horns. You never know who might drop back in. Enjoy the music. |