You're misinformed about jazz. Improvisation is its essence. Go to Youtube and listen to... (Reply #69)

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69. You're misinformed about jazz. Improvisation is its essence. Go to Youtube and listen to...

John Coltrane's "My Favorite Things." Since you like melodies, it starts off with the melody of the popular Christmas song, but see where he and the group take it, then come back to the melody, then take it out elsewhere again. Also note the piano player, McCoy Tyner. His contribution to the piece is sublime. Btw, Coltrane plays a soprano sax on this.

It's about creativity. I mean what's the point of sticking to the melody of every song, anyone with a horn can do that and everyone would sound the same. Boring.

You'll learn something.

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142 replies	Author	Time	Post
Popular things that, in fact, suck. [View all]	Goodheart	Jul 2019	OP
You're a brave person, Goodheart.	Laffy Kat	Jul 2019	#1
LOL...incoming!	Zoonart	Jul 2019	#2
Actually.... the thing they all have in common is subtlety	DemocracyMouse	Jul 2019	#142
And now WHY they suck, in brief	Goodheart	Jul 2019	#8
Hey! I haven't watched GOTs yet. I was going to binge.	Laffy Kat	Jul 2019	#20
Read the books. Binge it anyway.	yellowdogintexas	Jul 2019	#122
I agree with everything you said. Now, for some thumbs up.	Funtatlaguy	Jul 2019	#24
You're misinformed about jazz. Improvisation is its essence. Go to Youtube and listen to...	brush	Jul 2019	#69
LOL--When I saw jazz and baseball on the list	panader0	Jul 2019	#109
Hey, hey, hey. Now you're talking. We're on the same page. Good to know, panader0.	brush	Jul 2019	#111
The Natural	panader0	Jul 2019	#113
Cats n/t	Shrek	Jul 2019	#3
+1000	Sherman A1	Jul 2019	#6
spoken like someone	qazplm135	Jul 2019	#10
Mine too. Plus, they clearly understand just about everything, but that red light.	Hoyt	Jul 2019	#36
My cat has not yet killed me in my sleep. He knows I know that.	dameatball	Jul 2019	#50
Oh no, my dog is using his DU account again!	DBoon	Jul 2019	#27
Here's what happened when my dog got on social media:	iscooterliberally	Jul 2019	#29
That pooch MUST know his/her place	True Dough	Jul 2019	#39
It wasn't like that at all.	iscooterliberally	Jul 2019	#141
noooooooooooooooooooooooooo	Demovictory9	Jul 2019	#89
They're coming to get you. nt	zanana1	Jul 2019	#104
I agree with you on	Sherman A1	Jul 2019	#4
I beg to differ (on some of those anyway)	sandensea	Jul 2019	#5
I agree with you about jazz.	red dog 1	Jul 2019	#7
Country music	The Velveteen Ocelot	Jul 2019	#9
what about Doug?	qazplm135	Jul 2019	#11
Doug, really. Limu Emu is actually just a CGI emu.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Jul 2019	#13
the next thing you are going to tell me	qazplm135	Jul 2019	#16
When I become president	ProudLib72	Jul 2019	#15
Golf on the tee vee anyway.	LakeArenal	Jul 2019	#76
I agree with you about country music.	smirkymonkey	Jul 2019	#81
I agree with all of those	Rhiannon12866	Jul 2019	#103
I agree on all but GOT (at least the first five seasons)	ProudLib72	Jul 2019	#12
I'm with you on the first three.	smirkymonkey	Jul 2019	#84
It's really sort of a joke	ProudLib72	Jul 2019	#96
agreed	Skittles	Jul 2019	#14
I am not so sure jazz is all that popular today.	Sneederbunk	Jul 2019	#17
Every Thursday night at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is Jazz night	Goodheart	Jul 2019	#18
Don't worry.You don't have to get it. Some of it goes over many peoples' head, some is more...	brush	Jul 2019	#67
Reality shows. nt	zanana1	Jul 2019	#105
What does that mean?	brush	Jul 2019	#108
watch Ken Burns' "Jazz" series. You will discover wonders you never	yellowdogintexas	Jul 2019	#120
Check out Melody Gardot or Susannah McCorkle	GoneOffShore	Jul 2019	#99
Or Miles Davis "Bitches Brew"	panader0	Jul 2019	#110
If you have to ask about what jazz is, you'll never know.	tymorial	Jul 2019	#30
You got one of the four incorrect.	broiles	Jul 2019	#19
Hell No. No. Hell No. And...yes.	NRaleighLiberal	Jul 2019	#21
What I dislike about lists like this	Cartoonist	Jul 2019	#22
Disco has a danceable beat	Goodheart	Jul 2019	#25
Noted	Cartoonist	Jul 2019	#75
We once managed a disco.	LakeArenal	Jul 2019	#80
Professional golf	Initech	Jul 2019	#23
TENNIS!???	tymorial	Jul 2019	#28
Tennis is at least more exciting than golf, I'll give it that!	Initech	Jul 2019	#38
I have played from since I was young enough to swing a racquet	tymorial	Jul 2019	#57
McEnroe, Edberg, Navratilova were joys to watch	Goodheart	Jul 2019	#59
Some were fun to watch. Navratilova vs Evert was always fun	tymorial	Jul 2019	#61
Definitely pro golf!	True Dough	Jul 2019	#42
Golf isn't just boring as hell	ProudLib72	Jul 2019	#74
Jazz?	tymorial	Jul 2019	#26
No doubt!	mr_lebowski	Jul 2019	#32
I don't like the atonal jazz	leftieNanner	Jul 2019	#47
Contemporary elevator smooth jazz is meh.	tymorial	Jul 2019	#52
Four cards short of a straight and nothing that matches.	gtar100	Jul 2019	#31
Is this jazz?	Ptah	Jul 2019	#33
It's "Big Band" jazz, a type of jazz	smirkymonkey	Jul 2019	#86
How about...	pdxflyboy	Jul 2019	#34
Poker. Automobiles. Television. Bacon.	hunter	Jul 2019	#35
I agree with poker, automobiles, television, and "football."	Glorfindel	Jul 2019	#71
only the last 2-ish seasons (have you read the books?)	shanny	Jul 2019	#37
I read the first 5 books	leftieNanner	Jul 2019	#48
there are only 5, Martin has never finished (2 more, supposedly)	shanny	Jul 2019	#66
Thanks for the info	leftieNanner	Jul 2019	#68
So-Called 'Reality TV' and almost anything that resembles it ...	mr_lebowski	Jul 2019	#40
I've never liked ANY of it.	Goodheart	Jul 2019	#45
Lol ... of course!	mr_lebowski	Jul 2019	#49
I'm with you there. Clash for me as well.	LakeArenal	Jul 2019	#83
My brother	Clash City Rocker	Jul 2019	#129
😎	LakeArenal	Jul 2019	#130
Without jazz, those bands would not sound the way they do.	GoneOffShore	Jul 2019	#137
Sports; everything, anything, anyone, anyplace!	procon	Jul 2019	#41
capitalism	PETRUS	Jul 2019	#43
snort	Cal Carpenter	Jul 2019	#44
Jazz is an aquired taste, I don't ever recall Jazz being 'Popular'.	machI	Jul 2019	#46
I mentioned Kind of Blue above ...	mr_lebowski	Jul 2019	#51
Well apparently you missed Maynard G Krebbs.	LakeArenal	Jul 2019	#85
It was America's popular music from 1935-45...	First Speaker	Jul 2019	#133
Huge pickup trucks and SUVs	Ohiogal	Jul 2019	#53
Diesel ones are the worst	True Dough	Jul 2019	#87
Stacks. Dumb.	Beartracks	Jul 2019	#102
Truly dumb.	True Dough	Jul 2019	#106
Sucks to be you.	klook	Jul 2019	#54
I'm wounded.	stevil	Jul 2019	#55
Dogs are the greatest things in the world!	Goodheart	Jul 2019	#56
At the gym	Olafjoy	Jul 2019	#58
None of that is popular!	Goodheart	Jul 2019	#60
fuck gyms	Skittles	Jul 2019	#65
Don't be dissing jazz	oswaldactedalone	Jul 2019	#62
Jazz? So bad United Airlines used it	Duppers	Jul 2019	#63
That's George Gershwin, who I love. It's orchestral jazz.	smirkymonkey	Jul 2019	#91
Listed as one of the 100 Best Jazz Songs	Duppers	Jul 2019	#94
"Rhapsody in Blue" regularly makes the top 10 in our classical station's	yellowdogintexas	Jul 2019	#121
I agree	Duppers	Jul 2019	#134
You're misinformed. Jazz definitely does not suck. It might be over the head of some though.	brush	Jul 2019	#64
I'm with you on the last three.	Harker	Jul 2019	#70
Uni	Lunabell	Jul 2019	#72
Hey now, I'll argue about those top 3.	Lady Freedom Returns	Jul 2019	#73
Facebook	JDC	Jul 2019	#77
Yup	Blue Owl	Jul 2019	#126
Other than GoT...	tonedevil	Jul 2019	#78
Well soccer is the most popular sport in the world	JonLP24	Jul 2019	#101
I love jazz!	smirkymonkey	Jul 2019	#79
Kool retro. I dig it.	brush	Jul 2019	#82
Wow	teach1st	Jul 2019	#88
They're great, aren't they!	smirkymonkey	Jul 2019	#92
Too many classic recordings to dismiss jazz as sucky.	John Fante	Jul 2019	#90
Brave soul. I said something disparaging about bagpipe "music" the other day...	EarnestPutz	Jul 2019	#93
Republicans	jmowreader	Jul 2019	#95
Onions	lunamagica	Jul 2019	#97
I'll go with 1 and a 1/2 of those	GoneOffShore	Jul 2019	#98
I like soccer	JonLP24	Jul 2019	#100
Rap, hip-hop and such	Freddie	Jul 2019	#107
I like jazz but I do not like 'scat' jazz and I hate Hip Hop	yellowdogintexas	Jul 2019	#124
Someone above mentioned big-band jazz	Freddie	Jul 2019	#132
Vacuum Cleaners	Major Nikon	Jul 2019	#112
I like my Shark Rocket, for sure. :)	Goodheart	Jul 2019	#115
Tennis: Simona Halep doesn't suck.	Goodheart	Jul 2019	#114
Asparagus	yewberry	Jul 2019	#116
Star Wars.	kairos12	Jul 2019	#117
Good one!	Goodheart	Jul 2019	#118
......	Hotler	Jul 2019	#119
Dr Pepper Football reality TV and Kardashians	yellowdogintexas	Jul 2019	#123
I disagree on the first three; I'm completely unfamiliar with the 3rd, although by osmosis...	NNadir	Jul 2019	#125
I'd have to agree with	Heartstrings	Jul 2019	#127
Friends, the show on NBC.	no_hypocrisy	Jul 2019	#128
suck on this	juxtaposed	Jul 2019	#131
That's ear bleed awful.	Goodheart	Jul 2019	#140
You've merely named four things you don't happen to like.	PoindexterOglethorpe	Jul 2019	#135
Yeah, they do.	Goodheart	Jul 2019	#139
Except if you can actually perform these things.	miyazaki	Jul 2019	#136
Is this about to turn into the new kudzu thread?	GoneOffShore	Jul 2019	#138

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