Joe G Posted October 23, 2008 Report Posted October 23, 2008 Jazz began by decree of an evil wizard?? Quote
Free For All Posted October 23, 2008 Report Posted October 23, 2008 I know that director from Hemet HS, I was in school w/him. Kind of an evil vibe to that drawing. Quote
Hot Ptah Posted October 23, 2008 Author Report Posted October 23, 2008 I know that director from Hemet HS, I was in school w/him. Kind of an evil vibe to that drawing. I had imagined that this cover depicted God creating jazz in the first seven days, in the Genesis account...."Let there be light" etc. Is there any way you could contact this Hemet director and ask him about the intent of the cover? Quote
RDK Posted October 23, 2008 Report Posted October 23, 2008 I thought it was from cosmic rays. Or after Jass got bitten by a radioactive spider... Quote
Free For All Posted October 23, 2008 Report Posted October 23, 2008 Wait, it's Hermeto! Hermeto invented jazz! Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted October 23, 2008 Report Posted October 23, 2008 ...and verily, it was said, that if there be jazz, there must be critics... Quote
BillF Posted October 23, 2008 Report Posted October 23, 2008 ...and verily, it was said, that if there be jazz, there must be critics... Quote
BruceH Posted October 23, 2008 Report Posted October 23, 2008 Wynton Marsallis says jazz started in 1896, so it must have. (As to HOW it got started, I'm not sure.) Quote
jazzbo Posted October 23, 2008 Report Posted October 23, 2008 See first gumbo was invented. . . then after about a hundred years Jazz came along. . . 1896. . . seems about right! Quote
Patrick Posted October 24, 2008 Report Posted October 24, 2008 See first gumbo was invented. . . then after about a hundred years Jazz came along. . . 1896. . . seems about right! Need to fit in somewhere inventing baseball and writing the Constitution--sounds right. Quote
JSngry Posted October 25, 2008 Report Posted October 25, 2008 They say some people long ago were searching for a different tune, one that they could croon as only they can. They only had the rhythm, so they started swaying to and fro. They didn't know just what to use, but things eventually came together, as they are wont to do. Among other things, they heard the breeze in the trees, singing weird melodies and they made that the start of the blues. Then, from a jail came the wail of a down-hearted frail and they played that as a part of the blues as well. Going out into the world of nature, from a whippoorwill way upon a hill they took a new note, pushed it through a horn until it was worn into a "blue note", after which they nursed it, rehearsed it, and then sent out that news that the Southland had give birth to the blues. From there, things pretty much took care of themselves. Quote
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