Grateful New Listener

[Tad Richards]

I discover Beethoven.com for the first time, and I'm listening to it, thinking, as I tend to do, why doesn't any classlcal music station also play jazz? It's a classical music. When on comes Reinhardt and Grappelli playing Ellington.

This is a great station, and you've got a new regular.

[Shapley]

Old Mole,

Welcome to the B.Com BB!

Dan likes to liven things up, instead the same-old same old. I know he likes it when people acknowledge what he's doing.

V/R
Shapley

[Tad Richards]

One of the great music programs in my area - upstate NY - is Peter Schickele's. And he begins every program by quoting Ellington - "If it sounds good, it is good."

[mmichaelson]

OldMole: welcome!!!

We love the station too, around here. . .

They don't consider jazz to be classical. . .or musicals, etc.

try to stick to the more "classical" classical, if you know what I mean. Otherwise, you're likely to start a huge debate <again> as to what the definition of classical music is.

[treebeau]

Originally posted by TheOldMole:
...why doesn't any classlcal music station also play jazz?

Because jazz sux!

OK, that's just my opinion.

Regards,
Tim B.

P.S. Don't take offense. I kid everyone around here. Welcome!!

[piqaboo]

Originally posted by treebeau:
Because jazz sux!

Treebeau, you really have to work on your typing skills. Thats 'jazz sax'!

[treebeau]

Oh yes, I meant to say "Jazz sax sux!"

Regards,
Tim B.

[Trumpetmaster]

Originally posted by treebeau:
Oh yes, I meant to say "Jazz sax sux!"

Regards,
Tim B.

ROFLMAO

[Shapley]

Tim,

Saxy Buff may have something to say about that!

V/R
Shapley

[Trumpetmaster]

I have been managing a Voice Mail upgrade here at work. I inherited this project from hell about a month ago. Supposed to be deployed April 1st. We have finally completed all testing and getting out the kinks. Ready to deploy next Tuesday Night.
Actually Wednesday morning 12:01AM the upgrade starts. It will be an all nighter for me. Yuch...

Been working 10-15 hr days along with going to my orchestra, band, and brass ensemble rehearsals.

I'm now a bit burnt out. This has preveneted me from participating in posting more, BUT, I've been reading thru the threads when I get a chance.

Just wanted to thank everyone for the Humor you put in some of your posts!

Helped get me thru going postal over here.

[treebeau]

Originally posted by Shapley:
Tim,

Saxy Buff may have something to say about that!

V/R
Shapley

She would have told me via Instant Message, but I suspect that right about now she is thinking "AIM sux !!"

Regards,
Tim B.

[OperaTenor]

Originally posted by TrumpetMaster:

Actually Wednesday morning 12:01AM the upgrade starts. It will be an all nighter for me. Yuch...

Sounds to me like we have another contestant for the "The Last One to Post on This Thread Wins!"

If you're gonna be up, TM, you might as well play the game.

[Trumpetmaster]

Originally posted by OperaTenor:

Originally posted by TrumpetMaster:
[b]
Actually Wednesday morning 12:01AM the upgrade starts. It will be an all nighter for me. Yuch...

Sounds to me like we have another contestant for the "The Last One to Post on This Thread Wins!"

If you're gonna be up, TM, you might as well play the game.

[Tad Richards]

The thing is, on the first day that I listened to Beethoven.com, I did hear jazz - Reinhardt and Grappelli.

Now I find that this was an accident? Or anomaly?

[trombonepirate]

It seems like they play Reinhardt often, or at least one Reinhardt piece. It seems like whenever I catch the movie matinees they are playing "Minor Swing". Not that I mind. It's a great piece, but I wouldn't complain if they played some other Django tunes, too.
Welcome to the pit.
TBP

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[BigJon@Work]

If you want your classical and jazz together, our local station http://www.wrti.org/ switches just before I drive home. Annoys the heck out of me that I can't get classsical on my commute home.

BTW, they have THAT attitude.

Yep, I got an at work address too. I'm workign crazt hours and have no time to log in to B.com at home. Good thing I'm not a PW.

BigJon

[DavidS]

I don't like to get too entrenched in definitions. I am sure you are all aware of a famous passage in one of Beethoven's piano concerti that sounds exactly like a piece of jazz. And what about Ravel, Gershwin, Shostakovitch, Bernstein, and many others? Look what wonderful things they did at all levels with jazz motifs...

[mmichaelson]

Originally posted by treebeau:

Originally posted by Shapley:
[b] Tim,

Saxy Buff may have something to say about that!

V/R
Shapley

She would have told me via Instant Message, but I suspect that right about now she is thinking "AIM sux !!"

Regards,
Tim B. [/b]

Man, how could I have missed this??

Of COURSE I have something to say - don't I always???

I was more of a big-band-type-jazz than a true jazz. I adore big-band music. And yes, I played tenor, alto and bari (which to this day weighs more than I). They are all fun for that type of music.

and no, I didn't suck. Still don't, either.

[ai4i]

There are lots of streams with every type of music genre all over the internet including every sub-genre of classical and jazz. Beethoven Radio plays an excellent limited type of classical music and does not need to be watered down. WTMI, Miami played jazz over night right until the end, but that was during the age of broadcasting. We are now living in the age of narrowcasting. Soon, we will enter the one station age, the "my station" age.

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[DavidS]

Originally posted by DavidS:
I don't like to get too entrenched in definitions. I am sure you are all aware of a famous passage in one of Beethoven's piano concerti that sounds exactly like a piece of jazz. And what about Ravel, Gershwin, Shostakovitch, Bernstein, and many others? Look what wonderful things they did at all levels with jazz motifs...

And how could I not have mentioned Darius Milhaud?
(La Creation Du Monde Op. 81 just on B.com - thank you, it's beautiful!)