It's not that I hate Jazz. (Because I don't.)
I just don't get all of it, that's all. And it's probably my own fault.
I mean, John Coltrane is pretty dang cool, and Ella Fitzgerald's "At Last" is our wedding song. And I appreciate all of the power of the riffing and dexterity of playing fast, elegant, or in surprising ways.
But, I don't get it.
I can't predict what's going to happen next. I have no idea that this passage references THAT other song over there. I couldn't play a lick if I tried, as all of my bass playing is largely scale based.
Not all Jazz is like that, probably. But it's still a foreign language to me. Mysterious. Odd. Sophisticated. Complicated.
And basically the inspiration for these Jazz Gods. They're not like the other Beings in Monstru.
If you like Jazz, more power to you. You're probably smarter than me too.
:)
I'm just talking my shortcomings, not yours.
Me, I'm a simple guitar (rock) guy.
I like guitars, 3 chords, and stuff that makes you head bob, and your foot bounce.
If it's got some edge, some psychobilly (the Reverend), all the better. I dig poppy rock too, and Frank Black can do little wrong. Jack White is pretty swell too.
And Mr. Tom Waits is a gravel-paved God, whatever he is.
What do you listen to?
Do you get Jazz?
- Daniel
