Chapter 60 – Something To Talk To
This is a part of a writing challenge
Recently, the appeal of jazz music was enchanting to my ears, though I knew the genre years ago as someone who listened and played music. I don't listen to it a lot as my musical taste is different. I learned to play guitars, then automatically I was introduced to pop, rock, and metal. The only thing I knew about jazz is when the chords of certain songs would have m7/M7 chords. My perspective would be, “Oh, that's sounds jazzy.” And the drums swings a lot, and I called it Dixie land kind of jazz, but I'm wrong.
When I'm interested in a certain genre what would I do is look for top recommendation from known sources and through that I begin my journey. Well, the musicians that introduce to me is the Chick Corea Electrik Band. I'm into guitars back then, and into the technique called sweep picking, that points me to Frank Gambale which is a member of the Electrik Band. The genre of the band is jazz fusion. Its leaning to rock with jazz elements but this list open me more to the world of jazz music.
“It takes an intelligent ear to listen to jazz” — Art Blakey
