The music elements you mentioned have severe sway, but they are not THE defining elements of what's jazz. The defining element is the player--the attitude, the sensibility, the technique and technical facility (how's your left hand doing boogie-woogie?), in some cases the track record. Don't mean to play this off but you've read books no doubt, that try to get to the root of that question--What is jazz? Here's that piece played by a serious player and lifted from a comp album of all solid players all doing...jazz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bsDENXBFvw
All the best and when your career gets rockin', consider touring/ living in Tampa Bay >>SW Florida--we'd love to have you. And you came to the right Board for answers...
All the best and when your career gets rockin', consider touring/ living in Tampa Bay >>SW Florida--we'd love to have you. And you came to the right Board for answers...
A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind--Dr. Johnson
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
