Jen’s Uncle Peter is nothing if not opinionated about music. Tonight, however, deserved its own blog entry.
Straight from the horse’s mouth, here’s Uncle Peter:
“Jazz music is all crap…no rhythm at all. Just a jumble of noise with no beat! It’s just two brushes and a snare drum! That’s all jazz is. If they could sing, it would be a miracle.
“I could walk into a jazz club and play drums as good as any jazz guy. They play any random rhythm and they call it jazz!”
Love ya Uncle Pete…but I take no responsibility for any comments that may follow!
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You know that Ornette Coleman piece is the most important in the history of Free Jazz! I love that piece….and includes my idol: the great Eric Dolphy on bass clarinet (I bought this on CD). But I don’t think I need to tell you that this is not representative of Jazz music! This is the first Free Jazz recording – breaking all the rules that came before and becoming very NON-JAZZ in the process….but that’s why I love it!!
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Also….please don’t tell me that Uncle Peter listens to country music…..because I could write a 100 page paper about the genius and complexity of jazz rhythms….and a 2 sentence pamphlet on the complexity and/or creativity of your average country tune!
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Thanks for your comments! I can only hope that Peter sees this and comments. Believe me we were giving him shit during dinner!
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I fully agree with Uncle Peter. Listening to this is just migrane waiting to happen. I could hold up any of those instruments to my ass, fart, and sound as good if not better.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
FYI, Uncle Peter says, “I stand by every word!”
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I say he better put up or shut up. Get him at the traps, see if he really could do it. And of course the answer is: no way could he. Not in his wildest dreams. If it was that easy, everyone would do it. It may not be your run of the mill 4/4 beat with underhand-pitched resolutions like radio pummels into your brain, but there really method to the madness. And tell me this: why does Neil Peart hold the jazz drummers in such high esteem? Really, that guy is a technical genius, a perfectionist at the top of his craft. So why pay homage to the jazz drummers? HM?
Sorry, I still consider myself a drummer. I don’t take well to non-players with no clue saying there’s nothing to it.
And if all of this is a wind-up ‘cos he knew Mike was recording every word, well done. And you’re still wrong.
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Big talk from someone that’s probably tone deaf, can’t keep a beet and likely has no musical talent. Like country? that’s about as interesting as the crap I just finished taking. actually…the crap was more interesting. MUCH more.
Please post a video of yourself drumming, as I think it would give me a good, overdue laugh. Good day.
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DAmmit…spelled beat wrong. sigh.
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