tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post113214972902677681..comments2024-03-18T05:15:30.666-04:00Comments on Foma*: Jazz and Jacketsyellojkthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1132233465911790612005-11-17T08:17:00.000-05:002005-11-17T08:17:00.000-05:00Yeh, that Smooth Jazz station...boy, I don't know....Yeh, that Smooth Jazz station...boy, I don't know. Hall & Oates (which I always thought of as something they do down on the farm), and I hear them play Motown now and then as well. The <I>hell?</I> <BR/><BR/>When it comes to jazz, I like the much older stuff: Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington. Throw in a little bit of vocals from Ella Fitzgerald and I'm happy. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and I totally want a prize for my guess a couple of weeks back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1132224673696472732005-11-17T05:51:00.000-05:002005-11-17T05:51:00.000-05:00My brother and sister both "took band" in school a...My brother and sister both "took band" in school and I took piano lessons and either sang in or accompanied the choir. I also played accompaniment to various instrumentalists at band contests through the years.<BR/><BR/>Sometime in the early 70's, our whole family went to see Al Hirt in concert, because at that time my brother played the trumpet (he later switched to French horn). I don't even know what kind of music Hirt was playing, but he was one heck of a trumpet player. It was very inspirational, especially to my brother. Not long after, he and two friends went to a band contest with the song "Buglers' Holiday" and I accompanied them, which meant that I listened to it a couple hundred times and it became seared into my brain. I still love that piece. It's really great. Also, when I listen to any kind of music, my ear picks out the brass section, and I appreciate it in a way I'm sure I wouldn't without the experiences of my youth. <BR/><BR/>I hope your son was inspired by Ferguson. Being able to make your own music is a gift that is more and more rare these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1132199466611189402005-11-16T22:51:00.000-05:002005-11-16T22:51:00.000-05:00When the rum is delivered, call me. Sadly, I can o...When the rum is delivered, call me. Sadly, I can only listen to a limited amount of Jazz. Then I'm lost. I need to study this...Your Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15611142829293075043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1132199235468882872005-11-16T22:47:00.000-05:002005-11-16T22:47:00.000-05:00I've always thought of jazz as a lot of brass inst...I've always thought of jazz as a lot of brass instruments and a good drum beat, singing optional. Hall and Oats, Marvin Gaye strike me more as "soul" music, or perhaps even blues. Not jazz.<BR/><BR/>Like many others, I don't care for jazz. My stepfather listens (or used to) every weekend to a jazz show on the radio, and it all blended for me. Not my cup of tea.Mooselethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16874418427786990740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1132170746393224512005-11-16T14:52:00.000-05:002005-11-16T14:52:00.000-05:00It's funny, but I have never "gotten" jazz, and I ...It's funny, but I have never "gotten" jazz, and I used to play in a Jazz Band myself. It's the only type of music that I have never understood and that has never appealed to me.<BR/><BR/>Maybe if I keep trying, though, I'll get it some day.trusty gettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12428191762443615975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1132164193217995522005-11-16T13:03:00.000-05:002005-11-16T13:03:00.000-05:00I never cared for jazz until I went to a Jazz conc...I never cared for jazz until I went to a Jazz concert. Now I can at least put up with it.Bonvallethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01034871908469123729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1132156318656574422005-11-16T10:51:00.000-05:002005-11-16T10:51:00.000-05:00It probably is a generational thing, but Maynard F...It probably is a generational thing, but Maynard Ferguson's music was huge 20-30 years ago exactly among young musicians in HS-college-DCI marching bands. Every band had an arrangement of Chameleon, Gospel John, and those uneven reformulated pop themes. And every band had a "squealer," some Maynard-wannabe trumpet player who would practice climbing into the stratosphere. Ferguson could have stayed in the 1950s (e.g., the "Message from Newport" album) but he moved on and kept a band together. His albums introduced countless young musicians to ensemble arrangements and who knows how many of them then investigated other artists. Some of the stuff is lame, but give the man some credit!<BR/><BR/>[Conquistador from Achenblog]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-1132152950448212482005-11-16T09:55:00.000-05:002005-11-16T09:55:00.000-05:00I used to play the trumpet and I hated it. Luckil...I used to play the trumpet and I hated it. Luckily after I got my braces off I "lost my lip" and there was really no playing anymore. Boy was that a godsend, at least in my opinion. Allowed me to focus on my piano and guitar.<BR/><BR/>I've never been a big jazz fan because, like you said, it all sounds alike to me. And it makes me nervous with all the sudden changes and the dissonance.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00365049510703505483noreply@blogger.com