miden Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 I think most of us may have read it but just for a Wednesday afternoon chuckle I thought I'd repost Yogi Berra Explains Jazz Interviewer: Can you explain jazz? Yogi: I can't, but I will. 90% of all jazz is half improvisation. The other half is the part people play while others are playing something they never played with anyone who played that part. So if you play the wrong part, its right. If you play the right part, it might be right if you play it wrong enough. But if you play it too right, it's wrong. Interviewer: I don't understand. Yogi: Anyone who understands jazz knows that you can't understand it. It's too complicated. That's whats so simple about it. Interviewer: Do you understand it? Yogi: No. That's why I can explain it. If I understood it, I wouldn't know anything about it. Interviewer: Are there any great jazz players alive today? Yogi: No. All the great jazz players alive today are dead. Except for the ones that are still alive. But so many of them are dead, that the ones that are still alive are dying to be like the ones that are dead. Some would kill for it. Interviewer: What is syncopation? Yogi: That's when the note that you should hear now happens either before or after you hear it. In jazz, you don't hear notes when they happen because that would be some other type of music. Other types of music can be jazz, but only if they're the same as something different from those other kinds. Interviewer: Now I really don't understand. Yogi: I haven't taught you enough for you to not understand jazz that well. Quote There is no luck - luck is simply the confluence of circumstance and co-incidence... Time is the final arbiter for all things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groove On Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 That was such a great explanation. Now I totally understand the Blues ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reezekeys Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 I like the Spinal Tap definition of jazz: "An accident waiting to have happened!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSS Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 "Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny." - Frank Zappa Quote Gigs: Nord 5D 73, Kurz PC4-7 & SP4-7, Hammond SK1, Yamaha CK88, MX88, & P121, Numa Compact 2x, Casio CGP700, QSC K12, Yamaha DBR10, JBL515xt(2). Alto TS310(2) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoken6 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Frank Zappa +1. If it doesn't smell at least a bit funny, it ain't jazz. Cheers, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Quote "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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