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| Autor: | crowek [ pát 06. črc 2018 11:51:11 ] |
| Předmět příspěvku: | Jazz and its attendant intellectual wank |
Hello, How did jazz become so smart that it almost died? How did it transform itself from the cathartic music of the oppressed into an inmate of the Ivory Tower Rest Home? How did such a lively, endlessly creative art form find itself labeled as stuffy, nostalgic, and For Aging Beatniks Only?It would be extremely difficult for me to choose a single jazz recording that really pulled me in, probably because the most seminal performances of jazz music I've heard have been live. One highly attractive facet of this art form is that it functions so well in this context, as something completely transient. Even as a mere member of the audience at a live performance, you are participating in something unique and unrepeatable, purely of the moment. That improvisation is at the heart of this music is obvious, but I feel that communication is just as important, and this often gets overlooked. Communication between the artists onstage is the gravity that reigns in the entropy of collective improvisation. Without communication, the music is awkward, perhaps even just noise. Communication between the artists and their audience is no less important. In instrumental music, something is being expressed to the listener through a complex arrangement of sounds. Taken alone, a single tone has very little, if any, meaning, but a skilled player will place certain tones in a sort of relationship with one another to tell a story or create a mood. Somehow, the artist is able to express subtle concepts such as sorrow, anger, or release - articulating our most complex ideas with the most ambiguous language on earth. In 'Snow Crash,' Neal Stephenson wrote about 'condensing fact from the vapor of nuance.' How is it possible that we can emote like this? Is it hardwired into our synapses from the get-go? Please help I didn't find the right solution from the internet. References: https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic ... 0&t=914061 Motion Infographic Animation Company Thanks |
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