Re: [LAU] New music: And it's time for: Bach again! Bach again! :-)

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 4:38 AM, Atte André Jensen <atte(a)email.dk> wrote: yes! you have no idea how long it took me to figure this out. and I agree with your earlier statement that Bach sounds better when played straight. I think too many people think jazz = swing. I'm not even going to attempt to define jazz, but I think restricting it to only swing is wrong. also, I hear a lot of complicated harmonies implied by even the simplest of bach's pieces (as you said, b9, etc.). I guess to him they were all passing tones...but I guess they are to us, too. I'm getting dangerously close to spitting opinions on things and revealing my ignorance here, but in my mind, bach is what jazz could/should grow up to be, that is if it hasn't already. tl;dr - bach would dig charlie parker :) -- Josh Lawrence http://www.hardbop200.com