You have rung my bell, as one that has spent his life focused as you will on
music. Yes, I have some qualifications to speak,as I hae a bachelors degree
and a half a masters in applied music. The Julliard school, which as music
schools is only one of many good ones, and one with a reputation that may
well outweigh it's abilities, has a jazz program that has equality among
allother music programs. I can tell you without any fear that of all the
musicians I have known, The jazz musicians are at the highest level of
technical abilities. Murray Perahia, of whom I have a very high opinion,
couldn't hold a candle technically to Oscar Peterson or Art Tatum. Singers
are particularly notable, as Jazz singers can often hit a pitch more
accurately the first time than opera singers, who frequently have a
reputation of sliding into notes routinely.
If you don't like one kind of music, that's OK, I probably don't like some
of what you do, but really, don't make what appear to me as uneducated and
uninformed judgements. To hold the Julliard school up as the be-all and
end-all is thoroughly uninformed and uneducated. The Julliard school
considers it an equal.
Bill Pearce
-----Original Message-----
From: John Hudson
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 7:21 PM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) OT Wot is jazz?
To what extend does the Julliard School treat jazz as a major and serious
aspect of a rigorous academic music education ? Compared to such towering
pinnacles in the classical world of the piano such as Murray Perahia, Radu
Lupu, and Nelson Freire whereabouts do any jazz players stand?
jh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Pearce" <billcpearce@xxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) OT Wot is jazz?
> Well, Brian, it is indeed music, as one with a degree in music can attest.
> When asked, I always say, "Jazz is regular music with Tourettes." If you
> equate Jazz with noise, you should come down among the real people.
>
> Bill Pearce
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Swale
> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 6:18 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] (OM) OT Wot is jazz?
>
> I asked two questions on facebook. To spice things up a bit, I repeat them
> here
> ... Statement, then questions ...
>
>> I heard on Radio News that there is a Jazz Festival in Tauranga over
>> Easter holiday. They said there are 600 performers. The word "music" was
>> used in the item. To my mind, two serious questions remain to be
>> answered,
>> which are: "Is Jazz actually music?" "And if so, how so?"
>
> Just because musical instruments are used to make a noise doesn't mean
> that
> the noise can be called "music" !
>
> Brian Swale.
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