Comments on: Why Men Pretend to Like Jazz

By: ballroom barroom left of centre guy

ballroom barroom left of centre guy — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 07:34:13 +0000

I thought about replying to this blog entry, then I looked at the rest of the blog contents and I thought, n-a-a-a-h it ain’t worth my time.
You can find all kinds of stuff on the internet and this place is one of them,
full of shallow, pathetic commentary….
There are a lot of women who like jazz and are musicians who play jazz.
They should reply to this post and kick your sorry mediocre a—
So yes, I did reply to this post. Guess I had something to say.

By: Van Aldwin Olorga

Van Aldwin Olorga — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 06:54:33 +0000

Look sweet heart, I love Jazz that’s all I’m gonna say. You can’t say Jazz is awful because without Jazz there’s no modern Shit music. Where do you think these modern jerk offs get their style? from old music of course.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 17:02:57 +0000

I actually like jazz though… it’s my favorite genre by a clear mile. Second place goes to deep house, followed by rock from the 70’s/80’s. It’s no fallacy that I truly enjoy these genres – my feet bop to the beat, my shoulders jump, and I enjoy it tremendously. I’m not a big name dropper and have no interest in such things. Rather, I am more of a laid back listener, who enjoys smooth/modal jazz of almost all forms, so long as they don’t contain hard, repetitive beats. I think you’re throwing out a label on all listeners of jazz (of which there are many women) and in turn are making yourself look like an idiot for doing so.

By: Marc

Marc — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 17:35:10 +0000

To everyone who responded with a sincere attempt to defend the beauty of jazz I’d say take a breath. In and out, with a long exhale. The author is just putting their opinion out to the public. The more responses the better the piece appears.
It’s a small segment of readers that will feel a simpatico with the author, allow them that moment. It has nothing to do with the music or what you love.

By: bucks burnett

bucks burnett — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 08:26:35 +0000

You make jazz cry because you hurt jazz feelings. bad person!

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 03:11:27 +0000

I love jazz. I really dislike rock. Can’t stand twanging guitars. I have been married twice and have not found a man who enjoys jazz yet. You are very lucky to have found those men. Jazz transports me. It quiet and exciting and beautiful and vital. I so wish my husband shared my taste in music. As the fabled Bill Evans commented earlier-Byrd Lives! Have you ever listened to Christo Redentor? Otherworldly. Think about it. But I guess we are all individuals.
Good luck in this world.

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 03:30:32 +0000

Oh and I should add that there are and have been many great women in jazz, singers, instrumentalists, composers, critics, patrons and of course, fans. You imply that men are only valuable to women for sex and security…this is perhaps more disturbing than your casual dismissal of America’s greatest contribution to music. Also, I hate to beat a dead horse, but I think there is truth to the idea that a disdain for jazz (as an American: Europeans and Japanese love it!) contains a strong element of racism. Another point would be that “jazz” is a word which many (though not all) musicians and fans do not like, and furthermore, that there are no clear lines which define any genre compared to any other. They all merge and blend at the margins, or you might say they dissolve completely. Anyway, your viewpoint is not uncommon I fear, and that is quite depressing. Luckily, in jazz, we have the blues! It can soothe broken hearts, maybe you ought to give it a try?

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 03:19:58 +0000

I find this hurtful. May you find peace and happiness.

By: chansuma

chansuma — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 20:36:03 +0000

@Gabriel Jodorkovsky… thank you. very fitting reply to the article (which, if it is ironical, i must say has a very very poor sense of irony). also taking it on, from gabriel’s last point…the culture where women WERE (please note the past tense. n it has been in the past tense for nearly two centuries now) set on fire, viz. India, has a very strong tradition of improvisational music. the Indian classical music tradition is based almost wholly on improvisations on the mode(raga) and rhythms(tala). and in this characteristic, it is very very close to jazz, in essence. Pandit ravi shankar has dealt exclusively with the similarities and dissimilarities of jazz and indian classical music in many of his lectures. feel free to look it up on the net.
also, ever since the “westernization” of the indian culture, indian classical music has lost out majorly on it’s audience. it has been less understood by the majority. with further “westernization” and “globalization”, the jazz audience in india has shown similar trends. broadly speaking, the more “modernized” indian culture becomes, the less audience it has for improvisational music traditions, and, the further it gets from widow-burning! which is what, gabriel has said in brief.
therefore, i am inclined to think this article is an attempt to irony. but i must remark upon the fact, that irony is not a synonym for bullpoop!
cheers!

By: giovanni

giovanni — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 08:24:16 +0000

ignorant fuck