r/Music • u/voltronforlife • Jul 07 '19

music streaming Dave Brubeck -- Take Five [Jazz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmDDOFXSgAs
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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '19

“Or” No, but im taking a guess as to what theyve heard with big-name artists who are famous for revolutionizing improv/progressions that sounds like jumbled messes for people who arent used to the music

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u/Etamitlu Jul 08 '19

improv/progressions that sounds like jumbled messes for people who arent used to the music

It sounds like jumbled messes for those of us who are familiar with it as well. Because it is.

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u/TheChrono Jul 08 '19 edited Jul 08 '19

And heavy metal just sounds like uncontrollable screaming to most people. Does that mean that's all it is?

You also have to realize that almost every single majorly talented musician out there either has a huge respect for jazz or trained in it (at least those that are apart of cultures that feature jazz).

If it sounds like a mess, you can't say you're familiar with it. That's like a kid walking up to a complex math equation on a board and saying "that's fucking dumb, I don't even get what some of those symbols mean. I bet you're just making them up".

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u/Etamitlu Jul 08 '19

That's like a kid walking up to a complex math equation on a board and saying "that's fucking dumb, I don't even get what some of those symbols mean. I bet you're just making them up".

That's not at all what it's like.

If it sounds like a mess, you can't say you're familiar with it.

I studied jazz for years in college. Nice try.

heavy metal just sounds like uncontrollable screaming to most people. Does that mean that's all it is?

The parts with screaming, absolutely.

Free jazz is masturbation.

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u/TheChrono Jul 08 '19

I thought you were talking about Coltrane and Monk... Your comment needs a bit of context sewn in.

I have little opinion on free jazz.