Very true... .... We are actually on the same wavelength - I agree, who (apart from African-American people) has the right to "claim" jazz!? But we are free to love, and play jazz, right? I just cant stand any sort of cultural preciousness, that's all - I probably should have read back in the comments a bit instead of just wading in swinging! I
Between heaven and earth, all sounds are superimposed in one music call Jazz Music- Jazz is Americanizing the music brought with ( them) from Africa to the New World. The root is from Africa- African DNA.
I think one of the greatest things about Jazz is the fact that it is the first truly inter-racial music. Its roots are combination of black soul with European Opera and dance music, and into the modern day people of both races continue to develop jazz music.... no doubt the greatest jazz musicians are predominantly black, but jazz always has been (from its origins) a mixture of African and European musical theory and tradition.
@00tuoyo So you're saying I should stop playing jazz because I dont have 'cultural ownership' over it? Thats a very high bar you're setting... are you prepared to extend that into every area of life?
Every day I see examples of my culture being stolen and appropriated - internationally - but I can appreciate it in light of the fact that its helping to keep it alive so that it doesnt die out like so much else in our world is doing in the 21st century
@bcnzpb I think you misunderstood my statement. I was just talking about the origins. After watching/reading about jazz history I find funny with the zeal some try and claim jazz today in comparison to the zeal they treated it in the past. Ofcourse everything is appropriated. Everything is copied, then Innovated. That's the greatness of the human race. The roots of our music, alphabets, language, numbers, science, clothes etc all have surprising origins.
@00tuoyo Very true... .... We are actually on the same wavelength - I agree, who (apart from African-American people) has the right to "claim" jazz!? But we are free to love, and play jazz, right? I just cant stand any sort of cultural preciousness, that's all - I probably should have read back in the comments a bit instead of just wading in swinging! I
If a white man said: "In 20 years from now, golf will no longer be a white man's sport. Now you already have Tiger Woods...So i feel like a white man, I need to bring golf (hockey, baseball) back to where it came from", then what what you think?
that sounded very nice but, its a sad thing when the comunity that invented jazz and brang lazz to the world nolonger are the modern day 'masters' of jazz, its a fact jazz is a now a lost art in the black community were as it thrives in other communitys.
therefore i as a black man feel inclined to master jazz in order to bring it home and via hip hop i will bring it back to the attention of the ancestors of the originators of jazz.
Very true... .... We are actually on the same wavelength - I agree, who (apart from African-American people) has the right to "claim" jazz!? But we are free to love, and play jazz, right? I just cant stand any sort of cultural preciousness, that's all - I probably should have read back in the comments a bit instead of just wading in swinging! I
bcnzpb 6 months ago
Between heaven and earth, all sounds are superimposed in one music call Jazz Music- Jazz is Americanizing the music brought with ( them) from Africa to the New World. The root is from Africa- African DNA.
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elimmanuel 7 months ago
I think one of the greatest things about Jazz is the fact that it is the first truly inter-racial music. Its roots are combination of black soul with European Opera and dance music, and into the modern day people of both races continue to develop jazz music.... no doubt the greatest jazz musicians are predominantly black, but jazz always has been (from its origins) a mixture of African and European musical theory and tradition.
bcnzpb 10 months ago
@bcnzpb decades later when its accepted no longer called jungle/negro/nigger music...i guess whatever makes you feel good about yourself. *shrugs*
00tuoyo 6 months ago
@00tuoyo So you're saying I should stop playing jazz because I dont have 'cultural ownership' over it? Thats a very high bar you're setting... are you prepared to extend that into every area of life?
Every day I see examples of my culture being stolen and appropriated - internationally - but I can appreciate it in light of the fact that its helping to keep it alive so that it doesnt die out like so much else in our world is doing in the 21st century
bcnzpb 6 months ago
@bcnzpb I think you misunderstood my statement. I was just talking about the origins. After watching/reading about jazz history I find funny with the zeal some try and claim jazz today in comparison to the zeal they treated it in the past. Ofcourse everything is appropriated. Everything is copied, then Innovated. That's the greatness of the human race. The roots of our music, alphabets, language, numbers, science, clothes etc all have surprising origins.
00tuoyo 6 months ago
@00tuoyo Very true... .... We are actually on the same wavelength - I agree, who (apart from African-American people) has the right to "claim" jazz!? But we are free to love, and play jazz, right? I just cant stand any sort of cultural preciousness, that's all - I probably should have read back in the comments a bit instead of just wading in swinging! I
bcnzpb 6 months ago
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If a white man said: "In 20 years from now, golf will no longer be a white man's sport. Now you already have Tiger Woods...So i feel like a white man, I need to bring golf (hockey, baseball) back to where it came from", then what what you think?
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Pedro4k 1 year ago
Love is colourblind, lady. And no one owns music like no one owns the sky :) xx
johnmorgan27 1 year ago
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that sounded very nice but, its a sad thing when the comunity that invented jazz and brang lazz to the world nolonger are the modern day 'masters' of jazz, its a fact jazz is a now a lost art in the black community were as it thrives in other communitys.
therefore i as a black man feel inclined to master jazz in order to bring it home and via hip hop i will bring it back to the attention of the ancestors of the originators of jazz.
ceetheproducer 1 year ago
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Pedro4k 1 year ago