Why do most people only listen to music if it has lyrics? Well for one it's what most people are accustomed to. To quote Paul Weller of the British punk group The Jam ..'The Public Want What The Public Get'

Today I was playing some fairly far out jazz on my car stereo to a six year old boy. It was a piece called Remolino by the sax player Tony Malaby and his nonet from the album 'Novela'. (You can check out some clips if you dare at CD Universe). It has all sorts of weird transitions of style going from cartoon like soundtrack music through sultry third world rhythms to all out freedom. He was absolutely enthralled by it and wants me to give him the CD!!

If he goes on to have the usual musical education at school and is exposed as he definitely will be to mainstream pop and rock music then I doubt whether he will retain his innocent glee at the sounds he heard today. In fact he'll probably go on to hold opinions very close to your own.

Oh btw,lovely playing Aleck! Chord melody isn't usually something I've aspired to but your rendition makes me want to rectify that deficiency.!


Alan



Last edited by alan S.; 05/23/13 05:10 PM.