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View Poll Results: what do you like better in jazz? | |
walking
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grooving
|    | 12 | 63.16% |
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01-20-2008, 07:11 PM
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when it comes to jazz would you rather walk or groove? |
01-20-2008, 08:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Canada | | | Groove. Obviously I like both, but a good groove appeals to me more. |
01-20-2008, 08:48 PM
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01-20-2008, 09:23 PM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | | Groove. It's all about chicks shaking their tatas. |
01-20-2008, 10:32 PM
|  | I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize! | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ottawa, Canada | | | I agree with Pacman, a good walk should groove hard! |
01-21-2008, 01:47 AM
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Originally Posted by seanm I agree with Pacman, a good walk should groove hard! | +10000000000
No vote from me.
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01-21-2008, 02:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Pacman Who says walking isn't grooving??? | Yup - walking is often the best and deepest groove - some of the greatest moments in (recorded) Jazz are when a walking line comes in - as in "So What" - when Miles's solo starts and Mr. PC starts up that walking groove - similarly on "Stolen Moments" - after the head, when the solos start!
Lots more of course - but those are probably best-known...?
In a set I like to do a bit of both and that's the nice thing about playing Jazz - you nearly always get variety and balance in a set - so you might play some tunes that have a fast walking line, a bluesy, slow grooving walking line, a funky tune, a slow Bossa, a fast Samba or Cuban Son - odd-time signature grooves etc. etc. 
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01-21-2008, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Pacman Who says walking isn't grooving??? | 
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Walking is just a type of groove. |
01-21-2008, 09:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Buffalo, NY | | | Are you asking what kind of jazz we like better?
Straight-ahead vs. Soul Jazz
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01-21-2008, 10:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NY/MI | | | i like to groove rather than walk usually, but i haven't done much where a walk fits. im learning a song now with a nice walk, but its tough for me since im not used to it
but whatever fits is definitely best
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01-21-2008, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by seanm I agree with Pacman, a good walk should groove hard! | So do I. The poll is invalid.
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01-21-2008, 10:39 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | I walk on stage, THEN groove.
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01-21-2008, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar Groove. It's all about chicks shaking their tatas. | Yes. |
01-21-2008, 11:37 AM
|  | No Longer Works a Day Job | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: USA | | | I also agree with Pacman.
Some of the hardest grooves i've been a part of have been when i've been walkin a line.
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01-21-2008, 07:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Monterey County, CA | | Strongest groove I've ever heard has been a fellow by the name of Gary Wilkins walking like he was born to it. Anyone who's been to Bass Up this year or last year knows what I'm talking about.
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