Alon Marcus Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 First of all let me say that I'm happy to each newbie in jazz (listening, reading, posting in the forums etc.) but sometimes they ask really funny and strange questions. I suppose the same is right for me when I'm asking questions about things I don't know. So I don't have bad intentions but I thought we'd play a little game. What do you think is the most inappropriate (and funny) question a newbie could ask in a jazz forum? Here is mine (this one is from real life, I was asked about it a couple of days ago ): Which jazz musician named Tony Braxton you like better? This one: or that one: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 Don't make me Choose! Not exactly a newbie question, but a question about jazz music. I used to play jazz at a state office supply store I worked at for years and several times when playing early jazz I got asked: "What cartoon did that music come from?" ARGH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 Which jazz musician do you like better? Matthew Gee or Kenny G? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 If Wynton is the greatest trumpet player of all time, who comes second? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 "The music is great, but I don't like horns!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 How about "I didn't know Wynton played piano also." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 Overheard this one on the Simpsons a few weeks ago: Bart and Milhouse were for some reason playing "Godchild" from BIRTH OF THE COOL, and Milhouse suddenly asks, "So, when do they start singing?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with the Golden Arm Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 I'd like to see the first one in just a pipe and a sweater to make sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 I'd like to see the first one in just a pipe and a sweater to make sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 Got a light? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 Hey! This is NOT a pipe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BbM7 Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 My first post. My big chance. Should I buy "Kind of Blue"? Uh, who is the greatest jazz musician? Do you guys like Kenny G the saxaphone (sic) player? Why did they call Charlie Parker "Bird"? Does Miles Davis play better than Louis Armstrong? And Maynard Ferguson player higher (and sometimes faster too), so he's better than both, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 ...what's a B-3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 My first post. My big chance. Should I buy "Kind of Blue"? Uh, who is the greatest jazz musician? Do you guys like Kenny G the saxaphone (sic) player? Why did they call Charlie Parker "Bird"? Does Miles Davis play better than Louis Armstrong? And Maynard Ferguson player higher (and sometimes faster too), so he's better than both, right? ...what's a saxaphone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BbM7 Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 I could ask "which Al(exander) Haig do you prefer?", but I suspect most of you are too young to remember. Am I the only old guy here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 My first post. My big chance. Should I buy "Kind of Blue"? Uh, who is the greatest jazz musician? Do you guys like Kenny G the saxaphone (sic) player? Why did they call Charlie Parker "Bird"? Does Miles Davis play better than Louis Armstrong? And Maynard Ferguson player higher (and sometimes faster too), so he's better than both, right? ...what's a saxaphone? ....most newbies spell it this way (lately)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with the Golden Arm Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 couw yer a sick pup - grammatically correct but still .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 Am I the only old guy here? ...not by a long shot; but then again, what do you consider old? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BbM7 Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 My first post. My big chance. Should I buy "Kind of Blue"? Uh, who is the greatest jazz musician? Do you guys like Kenny G the saxaphone (sic) player? Why did they call Charlie Parker "Bird"? Does Miles Davis play better than Louis Armstrong? And Maynard Ferguson player higher (and sometimes faster too), so he's better than both, right? ...what's a saxaphone? ....most newbies spell it this way (lately)! Yeah, I've been lurking enough to know. And, after spending too much of my life with a hunk of brass, 'pearl', pads and reed slung from my neck, to know better...hence my '(sic)'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BbM7 Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 Am I the only old guy here? ...not by a long shot; but then again, what do you consider old? Old or young, you guys are fast. Before my browser can reload the page, there are multiple responses. Or maybe you don't have day jobs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 Alleged question by a Sony/Columbia/Whatever publicist re:the Robert Johnson box: "Is Robert available for interviews?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 Or maybe you don't have day jobs? Some of us don't have night jobs either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BbM7 Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 Alleged question by a Sony/Columbia/Whatever publicist re:the Robert Johnson box: "Is Robert available for interviews?" Rather like "how many of you in the quartet?". Anyone else looking forward to the Paul desmond book? I only hope it does him justice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 Life is my job, and I work double overtime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BbM7 Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 Or maybe you don't have day jobs? Some of us don't have night jobs either. Oh man, I can relate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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