Well, Brian, it is indeed music, as one with a degree in music can attest.
When asked, I always say, "Jazz is regular music with Tourettes." If you
equate Jazz with noise, you should come down among the real people.
Bill Pearce
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From: Brian Swale
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 6:18 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] (OM) OT Wot is jazz?
I asked two questions on facebook. To spice things up a bit, I repeat them
here
... Statement, then questions ...
> I heard on Radio News that there is a Jazz Festival in Tauranga over
> Easter holiday. They said there are 600 performers. The word "music" was
> used in the item. To my mind, two serious questions remain to be answered,
> which are: "Is Jazz actually music?" "And if so, how so?"
Just because musical instruments are used to make a noise doesn't mean that
the noise can be called "music" !
Brian Swale.
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