<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I didn't realize until I finished the article that it was written by Ted Gioia. He has written several books about jazz, including a respected history. I haven't read that one yet, but it appears that I must!<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thanks again.<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Keith Davis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kbob42@gmail.com" target="_blank">kbob42@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">As a musician, this is an interesting topic. I think most musicians, and maybe I would qualify that by saying improvising musicians, jazz musicians, those who incorporate different "styles", already know this instinctively. Of course, as in anything, different styles and systems appear over time, but these seem to be "intellectual" developments, as opposed to what I would call folk or traditional source material. Sort of like a classical composer taking folk songs and making a symphony from them. Another approach might be the elaborate system of Indian classical music, where everything is very strictly dictated, while at the same time allowing for a certain amount of improvisation and personal interpretation.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">A few years ago, I was clicking through the channels, and came across the close of a PBS show about China. The last scene was of this old guy sitting on a chair on the burm between the rice paddies, playing a triangular shaped guitar type instrument and singing. Suddenly, I got a shock when I realized the guy was singing the blues! The Chinese blues...it's universal.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I haven't finished the whole article, but I will. Mr. Witzel's book mentioned in the article looks very interesting, as well.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thanks for sharing this.<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 1:12 PM, ish mailian <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ishmailian@gmail.com" target="_blank">ishmailian@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://thesmartset.com/face-the-music/" target="_blank">http://thesmartset.com/face-the-music/</a><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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