On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Ola Andersson wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David J. Severance <> > > > > > I disagree, there was never alot of atonal jazz. A few avant garde > > > > musicians such as Ornette Coleman experimented with atonality > > > > > > I can't remember a atonal recording with Ornette Coleman but he have done alo > > t bitonal. > > > > There were about 20 between 1959 and 1988 in which he experimented with > > "free jazz" translation atonal > > In my ears they were not atonal but maybe he did records I haven't heard doing this > But my point is that he and Charlid haden did alot songs with improvised "chord changes" > Coleman wanted Charlie Haden to write a book about what he was doing. I think that Charlie Haden only play and have two of the best ears in jazz history. Nothing to write a book about.Coleman is mostly famous for his ideas of bi tonal improvising. I like most his periode before this with Haden and Don Cherry. Jarret and Whether report and that periode do alot improvised chord changes. > > > No there is not much atonal music in comparison to tonal, miniscule. > > And most of the played standard jazz is boring. Thats why I want to tune pianos so I can chose to play the music I want to play. To play only after charts has nothing with jazz and improvising to do. > > Ola > You might be right about Colemen, even though he improvises changes there is a suggestion of key centers. I like the fierceness of his playing but I'm not real crazy about his music. Standard's are what I'm about but to each his own. By the way, I think music is a great hobby but a lousy profession and that's why I tune pianos. David S
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