Not smart enough to understand all the technical stuff not some kind of music nerd but it sounds good
I am a single issue voter and my cause is defending jazz from liberals who make fun of me for liking it
I mean I don’t disagree with his take on music as a whole (specifically about how TTET is seen as not only the standard but the rule for western music, which is bad) but he also didn’t live long enough to see how wildly freeform jazz became after 1957-ish and into the 60s. Artists like Don Cherry, Albert Ayler, Pharoah Sanders, The Art Ensemble of Chicago, etc. all made some pretty groundbreaking music. Not to mention Sun Ra making some of the weirdest most freeform microtonal jazz even back in the 40s.
Maybe I’m too stupid to understand his point and I don’t necessarily disagree about popular jazz through the 40s being stupid but a lot of the best jazz ignores classical western conventions which is good IMO.
Miles Davis blows my mind even with some base understanding of music
Me too. The pandemic forced my local Jazz/Blues bar to close its doors for good and I am pretty upset about that, I hope the scene finds a new spot once it’s safe.
Giant Steps has become a meme because of how fast and complex the chord changes are but it’s also an amazing song, and Dave Brubeck’s cover of Maria from West Side Story is maybe my favourite piece ever…?
I like, jazz, i like math rock, i like weird time signatures, i like weird chords, i like harsh noise, i like silence.
but jazz is musicians bored with music and I’M FUCKING HERE FOR IT.
