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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:00 AM

Rock vs. jazz

For just the second time in 50 years, the top award at the Grammys went to a jazz album. Do the two genres have anything to say to each other?
By Gary Kamiya

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  • Monday, February 18, 2008 06:38 PM

    Beautiful Beautiful Article...

    Ah, yes....I remember well....

    To the Listener: forget the math of music; you'll probably never get it. Just ride the wave of the feeling.

    To the Musician: If you need to study the math of music in order to play it you'll probably never master it. Sorry. If you can simply hear what is going on and play along, then you can ride the wave and play it. Your ear is key. Even your charts are just a little crutch to be used at rehearsal. All the theory in the world won't matter if you can't hear it.

    Think I'll go put on some Miles...

    —Anonymous

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