@jeremystrachan A proviso: Adorno wasn't really talking about Jazz as we know it but white imitation Jazz (Big Band music really)
Wake up and smell the coffee, folks: Adorno was right about Jazz.
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@HeerJeet@jeremystrachan Adorno was talking about German pop music, no? Not Calloway, Ellington, Goodman Quartet, Armstrong, ad inf - Show replies
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@jeremystrachan I see you are not buying this line of thought.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@jeremystrachan Fair enough. His writing on Jazz is undeniably much less informed than his writing on classical music. One dimensional.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@jeremystrachan On other hand, I hate big band music, so am sympathetic to Adorno as a fellow hater.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@jeremystrachan Sour grapes was Adorno's middle name.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet His suggestion to Jimmy Page to form Led Zeppelin was a good idea, though.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Methinks Adorno was listening to the wrong Jazz. -
@cameron_hilton Well, by "Jazz" Adorno meant imitation white music. What we would call the Big Band sound.
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