[lbo-talk] Just wondering...

[Mark Bennett]

That's a provocative thought.  It's hard to dance to Monk, or Cecil Taylor,
or Albert Ayler, or the Coltrane of "Ascension," but I wouldn't want be
without those recordings.  I suppose a really good dancer could cut a rug to
Bird, but I wouldn't try it.  Someone trying to dance to "Giant Steps" would
look like he or she was being electrocuted, but I imagine it's been done.

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 4:45 PM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:


> At the risk of further simplification, I'd say jazz lost its vitality when
> you could no longer dance to it.
>
> Joanna
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Bennett" <bennett.mab at gmail.com>
>
>
> At the risk of simplification, jazz lost its vitality when it left the
> bandstand and entered the university, although the academy may be the only
> thing keeping the music alive, at least in the U.S.
>
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