Comments - My Sentiments Exactly - Pittsburgh Jazz Network2024-03-28T23:39:31Zhttps://jazzburgher.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=1992552%3ABlogPost%3A430938&xn_auth=noAgree both. Spontaneity creat…tag:jazzburgher.ning.com,2018-05-29:1992552:Comment:4308872018-05-29T19:37:44.502ZEVDhttps://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/EVanD
Agree both. Spontaneity creates surprises and a language that needs no words. Melody, harmony, rhythm, and anything else thrown into the mix like abstract painting or sculpture. Space, color, structure. No words required.
Agree both. Spontaneity creates surprises and a language that needs no words. Melody, harmony, rhythm, and anything else thrown into the mix like abstract painting or sculpture. Space, color, structure. No words required. Yes, yes to both comments! Ta…tag:jazzburgher.ning.com,2018-05-29:1992552:Comment:4308852018-05-29T19:15:07.567ZDr. Nelson Harrisonhttps://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/NelsonHarrison
<p>Yes, yes to both comments! Take one more jump off the pole. It is not really necessary to name the key or count of the tempo outside of the tune actually. Everything that needs to be said can be said with your instrument without any verbal set-up at all. Music is it's own language and is completely able to communicate among others who undestand the language. That's why the great players are great storytellers. Need no more be said.</p>
<p>Yes, yes to both comments! Take one more jump off the pole. It is not really necessary to name the key or count of the tempo outside of the tune actually. Everything that needs to be said can be said with your instrument without any verbal set-up at all. Music is it's own language and is completely able to communicate among others who undestand the language. That's why the great players are great storytellers. Need no more be said.</p> Spike might as well be descri…tag:jazzburgher.ning.com,2018-05-29:1992552:Comment:4308162018-05-29T19:03:07.099ZEVDhttps://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/EVanD
Spike might as well be describing my old friend and tenor sax player Scott Hamilton. Check out Scott Hamilton Live at Smalls 2013 CD. Scott Hamilton on tenor sax, Rosanno Sportiello piano, Hassan Shakur bass, Chuck Riggs drums. Scott "just blows." Band "flies" off the top of the pole. Live at Smalls series.
Spike might as well be describing my old friend and tenor sax player Scott Hamilton. Check out Scott Hamilton Live at Smalls 2013 CD. Scott Hamilton on tenor sax, Rosanno Sportiello piano, Hassan Shakur bass, Chuck Riggs drums. Scott "just blows." Band "flies" off the top of the pole. Live at Smalls series. One of the explanations I hav…tag:jazzburgher.ning.com,2018-05-29:1992552:Comment:4308122018-05-29T18:51:15.862ZBob Garvinhttps://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/BobGarvin
<p>One of the explanations I have given to friends who don't understand the appeal jazz has for me is this; If 6 jazz musicians (piano, bass, drums, guitar, tenor, horn) who never met each other show up in a club and are asked to play, one names a tune, another calls out the key, another sets the tempo, and away they go. Each one solos, improvising on the chord structure. They're able to harmonize together, with no discordant notes, providing a musical interlude that has never been heard…</p>
<p>One of the explanations I have given to friends who don't understand the appeal jazz has for me is this; If 6 jazz musicians (piano, bass, drums, guitar, tenor, horn) who never met each other show up in a club and are asked to play, one names a tune, another calls out the key, another sets the tempo, and away they go. Each one solos, improvising on the chord structure. They're able to harmonize together, with no discordant notes, providing a musical interlude that has never been heard before and will never be played exactly that way again. Listeners have just had a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Contrast this with an assembly of a large group of the most expert classical musicians and ask them to play anything by Mozart or Beethoven. After blank stares, they'd ask who was going to conduct and where the sheets of music were. Without them, they couldn't perform. As wonderful as classical music is, the aim of most conductors and moat orchestras is to perform music on each occasion exactly as written by the composer. The tympanist and oboist are not allowed to add anything extra. The spontaneity of jazz is what adds so much to the excitement of live performances.. </p>