Very true. Our local academy runs jazz courses but turns out what I would call classical jazz musicians. Rehearsals of older numbers are carried out with a slavish adherence to the recorded articulation and feel that would surprise even classical musicians. It's an orthodoxy that seems to be gaining ground.
there is an interesting you t…
Very true. Our local academy runs jazz courses but turns out what I would call classical jazz musicians. Rehearsals of older numbers are carried out with a slavish adherence to the recorded articulation and feel that would surprise even classical musicians. It's an orthodoxy that seems to be gaining ground.
there is an interesting you tube clip of a discussion between Wynton Marsalis and Herbie Hancock which sort of displays the argument between orthodoxy against innovation
That orthodoxy is a sort of rigidity we seem to be noticing in all fields these days. Even in the classical world it doesn’t serve the interests of the young musicians, just serves s lockstep, lockdown, mentality. Too bad as the whole point of music is learning the language of creativity.
Very true. Our local academy runs jazz courses but turns out what I would call classical jazz musicians. Rehearsals of older numbers are carried out with a slavish adherence to the recorded articulation and feel that would surprise even classical musicians. It's an orthodoxy that seems to be gaining ground.
there is an interesting you tube clip of a discussion between Wynton Marsalis and Herbie Hancock which sort of displays the argument between orthodoxy against innovation
That orthodoxy is a sort of rigidity we seem to be noticing in all fields these days. Even in the classical world it doesn’t serve the interests of the young musicians, just serves s lockstep, lockdown, mentality. Too bad as the whole point of music is learning the language of creativity.