"Progressive" jazz?
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Topic: "Progressive" jazz?
Posted By: awaken77
Subject: "Progressive" jazz?
Date Posted: November 21 2010 at 03:46
Recently I was on the concert of German band "Shultzing" in small jazz pub in Poland.
And I beloved to their music so much, so I bought the disk from them immediately, and got all musician's autographs.
SO, about the music. They play long (8-13 min), multipart compositions, which are structured in the vein of progressive rock (or maybe modern classical), mixing quiet acoustic sections and soft vocals with bursting solos of saxophones and violin, accompanying powerful rhythm-section creating sonic orgasm.
It's not jazz-rock, rather acoustic/chamber music. They use only acoustic instruments - piano, sax, double bass, violin and drums, and also (mostly) voiceless vocal - sort of scat singing. Structure of composition is not linear, and some of them resemble to me prog-epics , with intro, developing themes, climax, and return to the intro melody.
I don't know is such style or terminology officialy exists as prog-jazz (not confuse with jazz-fusion rock, which is more rock than jazz )
But i'd like to know if more musicians and bands play something similar
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: November 21 2010 at 04:23
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Multi-sectioned jazz suites can be found in the music of Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis with Gil Evans, Sun Ra and Skies of America by Ornette Coleman, I'm sure there are more.
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: November 21 2010 at 05:30
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Yes, jazz got the "progressive" adjective before rock. This was discussed on PA before.
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