Comments on: Taichung Jazz Festival

By: bbluesman

bbluesman — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:07:28 +0000

Hi Barry,Nice to see you are paying attention. All your points are noted and
appreciated. Thanks for stopping by.

By: bbluesman

bbluesman — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:07:28 +0000

Hi Barry,Nice to see you are paying attention. All your points are noted and
appreciated. Thanks for stopping by.

By: Barry Likumahuwa

Barry Likumahuwa — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:18:16 +0000

hello everybody.. i'm Barry Likumahuwa.. tx a lot for the comments i totally appreciate it. i myself is very aware that we aint playin jazz, maybe what u refer to 'smooth jazz' is more to it. but i prefer to call it funk jazz, haha.. but anyways, the idea of me playin that kinda music is to attract people whose used to hearing pop, start to look for jazz, then when audience who dont 'get' jazz is attracted, that's when those cats who play real jazz cums in
i would love to play some coltrane miles and parker, but considering my age, and the commercial side, we chose to play the smooth pop jazz.. Tx again for the comments, such an honour GOD bless u all.

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Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:10:52 +0000

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By: bbluesman

bbluesman — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:13:25 +0000

Perhaps that was one of the motives behind organizers. The ultimate in jazz
sophistication being Duke Ellington-jazz royalty.

By: MJ Klein

MJ Klein — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:19:40 +0000

i think it's more like wine. it doesn't matter how it tastes, wine means that one is high class. so does jazz.

By: bbluesman

bbluesman — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:48:09 +0000

I understand your feelings and am sympathetic to the question. It's just
like any other external stimuli or object,let people eat what looks good to
them. Everyone has to start some where. It'd be great if they got more
diverse talent and yes I'm sure budget enters into the picture. Thanks for
commenting.

By: MJM

MJM — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:39:24 +0000

It's truly a shame that the jazz scene is so limited in Taiwan. I share your cynicism about "smooth jazz" or "pop jazz". Hopefully, it can serve to bridge the gap between pop music and jazz for those people who are trying to learn more about it.
As long as they are importing bands for this festival, there are tons of good jazz bands in the US that are virtually unknown and would jump at an opportuntity to play at something like this. Also, if costs associated with bringing in bands from N America or Europe are an issue the jazz scene in Japan is pretty respectable too.
Thanks for your post.