Hardbopjazz Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 This was a question someone asked me this morning. My answer was, “Art as you go.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaney Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 I've always liked: The sound of surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Whatever the hell it feels like being! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 I want to just say "Music that I love." I could be persuaded to say "Music that I love, born of alleys both tin pan and funky." . . . or something like dat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 (edited) reply: give me your one sentence definition of pop/rock/blues/classic/whatever and then we'll talk. if the answer is a lot of erms and ahs, play some music to kill the time waiting; preferably some jazz. Edited March 23, 2004 by couw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 reply: give me your one sentence definition of pop/rock/blues/classic/whatever and then we'll talk. I thought you were gonna say "anything but Miles Davis". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 I like hardbopjazz' definition, actually. They're all just words that really have nothing to do with the feeling generated by whatever aesthetic experience one is having. Whether language has any business in aesthetics is an age-old debate. I, personally, can make better sense of terms like "creative music" for jazz and "specific objects" for non-representational painting and sculpture, but that's just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Financially unfeasible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted March 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Financially unfeasible. Yeah, and how sad. If there was money in this art, there would be mroe cats recording or signed to record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 There's always the "if you have to ask..." tact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdogus Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 I like Monk's response: "Jazz is freedom - now, you think about that." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 How about: "Music that swings, and includes some element of improvisation." Like most single-sentence definitions, especially of jazz, it begs more questions than it answers. "The sound of surprise" and "Jazz is freedom" are fine with me also. How about: "The opposite of Kenny G"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricia Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 The door opens and suddenly, you know what passion really is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Burke Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 Jezz guys .... It's hard enough with an unlimited amount of words. Now only one sentence?! Listen....using one language (verbal) to describe another (instrumental) is next to impossible. Rather like giving directions to the nearest gas station in heiroglyphics or explaining the "big bang" theory using signs from a first base coach. Let's get in the game people..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 There's always the "if you have to ask..." tact. That's the one I always go for. I've heard it attributed to Armstrong; does anyone know exactly where it came from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 Jezz guys .... It's hard enough with an unlimited amount of words. Now only one sentence?! Let's make it even harder. What's your *one word* definition of jazz? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 I'd have to say that "jazz" pretty much sums up exactly what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 Jazz, its what's for dinner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 Jazz, its what's for dinner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted March 28, 2004 Report Share Posted March 28, 2004 "Yum" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGUD missile Posted March 28, 2004 Report Share Posted March 28, 2004 "We'll know it when we hear it ..and our "its" may differ ..depending upon your driving habits " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neveronfriday Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 I think it was Supreme Court Judge Potter who once gave this fabulous definition of pornography: "I know it when I see it!" (I think he needed several months to come to that conclusion). "I know it when I hear it," would be my suggestion then. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregK Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 Bitchen'!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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