Comments on: The Bird and the Bee http://adamsteward.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/the-bird-and-the-bee/ Theology, fiction, music and baseball. All from a Montavilla basement. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:01:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: a. steward http://adamsteward.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/the-bird-and-the-bee/#comment-18 a. steward Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:41:07 +0000 http://adamsteward.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/the-bird-and-the-bee/#comment-18 First off, nice post. Makes me proud to share a basement with someone so cultured. <br/><br/>Second off, Blue Note's signing of The Bird and the Bee is not without precedent. Consider a favorite band of mine, Us3, and their fantastic early 90's hip-hop album, Hand On the Torch. Aside from the sampling, though, there's nothing particularly jazzy about that album (just like there wasn't much jazzy in Jazzy Jeff).<br/><br/>Third off, I do not disagree with you assertion that jazz music sans Brubeck is not catchy. Of course it's not jazzy - that's the point. It takes investment in order to be able to appreciate jazz, and when it is good, the concept of the whole only emerges after repeated listenings. Surely Thelonius Monk isn't far from Joan of Arc? It's simply the case that in the case of JoA, you begin with a determination to dig it. First off, nice post. Makes me proud to share a basement with someone so cultured.

Second off, Blue Note’s signing of The Bird and the Bee is not without precedent. Consider a favorite band of mine, Us3, and their fantastic early 90’s hip-hop album, Hand On the Torch. Aside from the sampling, though, there’s nothing particularly jazzy about that album (just like there wasn’t much jazzy in Jazzy Jeff).

Third off, I do not disagree with you assertion that jazz music sans Brubeck is not catchy. Of course it’s not jazzy – that’s the point. It takes investment in order to be able to appreciate jazz, and when it is good, the concept of the whole only emerges after repeated listenings. Surely Thelonius Monk isn’t far from Joan of Arc? It’s simply the case that in the case of JoA, you begin with a determination to dig it.

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