If there was no jazz,what would u be listening to?

[maren]

Ragtime and folk music.

...and James Reece Europe's military band?

[Chuck Nessa]

The answers in this poll have really depressed me. I thought it was about music/society and (at least for the voters) it is society/music.

DAMN!

[LAL]

Ragtime and folk music. 

...and James Reece Europe's military band?

Yes!

[Jazzmoose]

Definitely world music. I'm just not sure which world I'd opt for...

[chris olivarez]

Hmm.  If jazz never existed, do you think we'd have all become rabid Kenny G. fans, all posting here on the KennyGissimo forums? 

Several board members already over at http://forums.KennyGissimo.com/search.php?

See you there?

You guys are sick!!!!

[chris olivarez]

The Blues and just about anything else that would come out of New Orleans.

[mikeweil]

Without jazz, would there be any funk?

There would be some type of black music ......... for sure.

[BERIGAN]

All thrash Metal, all the time, naturally.

Edited January 17, 2006 by BERIGAN

[Dave James]

Does The Grateful Dead count as its own category?

Up over and out.

Edited January 18, 2006 by Dave James

[clifford_thornton]

Free improvisation, or non-idiomatic improvisation at the very least!

I'd probably also listen to Afro-American classical music somewhat, too.

[Chuck Nessa]

This thread still depresses me.

[Tom 1960]

While I also enjoy classical music a great deal, the blues is a real passion for me. Not a difficult choice here.

[Matthew]

Rock. In fact, I'm finding with each passing month I'm listening to less and less jazz.

[Chuck Nessa]

Rock. In fact, I'm finding with each passing month I'm listening to less and less jazz.

Recapturing your youth? -_-

[PHILLYQ]

All thrash Metal, all the time, naturally.

Berigan,

between the live cartoon Simpson & the thrasher they have a pretty good groove going- are they synced?

[Claude]

70% of my listening time is jazz, the other 30% classical and rock/pop or electronic music. I think I could cope with a world without jazz. There is a lot of good music outside jazz.

Edited January 18, 2006 by Claude

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I'd be listening to the dozen or so other types of black music I listen to anyway; of which Swing, Soul Jazz, Bebop and other types of modern jazz are only a part:

Gospel

Blues

R&B

Soul

Funk

Disco

Hip Hop

Ska

Reggae

Mbalax

Djeliya

Highlife

Peul music

Mbaqanga

Wassoulou

The African music styles would exist without jazz; the American styles would be different; but there would be something.

MG

[AllenLowe]

my kids yelling at me -

[ep1str0phy]

Supposedly, I'd still be listening to and playing music (of some kind). But what's the context? Are we assuming that jazz never existed, or that it's been outlawed--cast into the slagheap of some mindless, anti-emotional, Orwellian Alphaville?

Who am I kidding--I'd probably be in jail.

[paul secor]

Any music I could find that moved me.

[Kalo]

Hawaiian music?

[clifford_thornton]

I always find myself going "back to" jazz or improvised music, so at this point I think it would be pretty hard if it were outlawed to find something else to listen to. I guess it'd just have to be in my head for the reserves...

If it weren't conceived, well, I guess we wouldn't have this thread anyway.

Chuck is right (as usual!) - this thread is a drag.

[Kalo]

Chuck is right (as usual!) - this thread is a drag.

I agree. Especially since most of the types of music that people say they would listen to instead would not have existed or would be unrecognizable if jazz hadn't happened.

Edited January 19, 2006 by Kalo