From: "Sebastian" <jazz_1971@...>
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To: jazz_guitar@...
Subject: [jazz_guitar] Re: The difference between Jazz & Blues
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 07:08:22 -0000
Jazz was more of an offshoot of blues, but it had a mixture of
different musical influences, ragtime, swing, popular tunes in the 20s
onwards, latin, etc. While jazz may use the I-IV-V progressions, it
is not limited to that. There are rhythm changes such as I-vi-IV-V7
kind of progression. Not to mention the use of colourful chords,
harmonies borrowed from any kind of musical influences. Yes, even
classical music from the classical era (Bach, etc) or Romantic era
(Debussy, Ravel) and modern era (Stravinsky, Schonenberg). Jazz is
still evolving as you can see
I always thought Claude Debussy (and his peers) was a member of the Impressionist School (not the Romantic). In fact, as the story goes, the unpredictability of his harmonies and his habit of extending chords - something the Romantic School would loathe - may have inspired some early bebop luminaries. Anybody agrees?
