tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post6956500022689053228..comments2024-03-27T22:41:44.357+00:00Comments on bebop spoken here: The Schmazz Factor - The Cluny.Lancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04494856116843281101noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-87143518271466175182009-11-16T14:15:24.689+00:002009-11-16T14:15:24.689+00:00The 'jazz/not jazz' argument that's a...The 'jazz/not jazz' argument that's as old as jazz itself! I guess you're always going to get it with an art form that is as strongly rooted in the opposite poles of 'tradition' and 'innovation', and is innovation one of the main traditions within jazz - you can go on forever.<br />For our part...<br />We knew we were going to be the least 'jazz' on the Long Lonesome Gohttp://www.longlonesomego.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-90316345456265873592009-11-13T18:18:47.218+00:002009-11-13T18:18:47.218+00:00To me, the beauty of jazz is that it can be all th...To me, the beauty of jazz is that it can be all things to all men (and women). Far from being insular and cliquish I think jazz appreciation in whatever form is wider than it has ever been.<br />That I don't like everything I hear doesn't make me different to anyone else. The person who says he likes everything doesn't usually like anything.<br />Nevertheless, nothing written within Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04494856116843281101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-2417384933732501452009-11-13T18:01:42.823+00:002009-11-13T18:01:42.823+00:00I thought the Long Lonesome Go were far the most i...I thought the Long Lonesome Go were far the most innovative act; refusing to comform to the usual jazz cliches. They as least seemed to have a sense of humour about the occasion. <br />The review and the previous comment confirm my worst suspicions about the insularity and cliqueishness of the North East Jazz Scene. Jazz is not something that can be constrained to being perceived as either pawelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00271885183039337523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-70111225828695856752009-11-06T16:26:42.416+00:002009-11-06T16:26:42.416+00:00Thanks for coming along on the night. Carpus Trio ...Thanks for coming along on the night. Carpus Trio was defintely more associated with the Cluny - where that puts Harley Johnson then who knows - Chillingham perhaps? Maybe I would actually get more gigs doing that sort of 'minimalist' material but I'd rather just keep doing what I love to do instead of betraying the 'tradition' of jazz!Harleynoreply@blogger.com