tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608328763829731453.post1249800510434786561..comments2023-04-26T07:00:37.788-07:00Comments on bebopified: Jazz by any other name?Pamela Espelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17239608155646396942noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608328763829731453.post-12272954223712797172009-08-19T12:29:32.724-07:002009-08-19T12:29:32.724-07:00The term "serious music" makes me want t...The term "serious music" makes me want to immerse myself in the Lady Gaga catalog.Happy In Baghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325328547476858000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608328763829731453.post-84358611949928939912009-08-17T19:18:27.844-07:002009-08-17T19:18:27.844-07:00"Swinging Music""Swinging Music"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608328763829731453.post-32639970736811065062009-08-17T13:29:46.838-07:002009-08-17T13:29:46.838-07:00I can't really endorse the use of the terms &q...I can't really endorse the use of the terms "American classical music" or "serious music" in place of the widely used (if inadequate) term jazz. To call it American classical music first implies that jazz must be American, which it is not. Though I'm sure Mr. Jamal's point is that jazz has its roots in America, calling it American classical music will be increasingly inaccurate in the face of so much serious jazz coming out of Europe. Secondly, calling it classical music is a bit misleading, as it either implies a connection to the American composers of what is usually called classical music or it leaves no term to describe their music. <br /><br />Calling jazz "serious music" is even more troubling. Though I agree that good jazz is serious music, imagine this exchange: "I enjoy Stravinski, Bartok, Ives, and Messiaen. Do you like their work?" "No, I like serious music." Besides, I don't think that the seriousness of jazz is the quality that needs to be brought out most. Perhaps many years ago it was a point that needed to be made, but nowadays too many people regard jazz as overly intellectual, forbidding and unemotional. And I believe some of it is.<br /><br />As much as I appreciate the continuity of the jazz tradition, perhaps the solution is not to come up with a new term that will describe the whole of jazz but to better and more frequently use terms that specify sub-sets of it. That way, when I ask my friend if she likes jazz (Henry Threadgill) she won't say that she hates jazz (Glenn Miller).Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04601087411335263155noreply@blogger.com