(An Untimely -- seriously, it might have been three in the morning -- Meditation on Writing About Music -- and other silly things -- prompted by an essay on jazz I was struggling to finish)
Would a jazz essay be one you an essay you wrote -- improvised -- on the spot, without reference to notes? Or an oral presentation, given without notes? Would a free jazz essay then be a stream-of-consciousness spoken-word piece that refused to follow the tyranny of linear logic and grammar? Then a fusion jazz essay would be an improvised oral presentation with Powerpoint. A bebop jazz essay would be an improvised oral presentation given while high, and a swing jazz essay would be given while dancing, and a Marsalis-inspired essay would take itself so seriously that it would rob the improvisational process of any fun or excitement.
Monday, October 27, 2008
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