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BLOB_CASTLE · 3847 days ago · link · · parent · post: "Does jazz put the sin in syncopation?" [1921]
I wonder who paid those scientists. It's interesting to see how vehement they were about an emphasis on syncopation. But I can understand their distress by noticing the difference between ballroom dancing and lindy hopping. Even though the lindy hop hit it's peak about two decades after the article, I'm sure the dancing wasn't too far off. What I think if extremely interesting in the progression of jazz is how there's been less emphasis on syncopated rhythms and a much stronger focus on harmony. Yes, while Jelly Roll was more harmonically complex than music before it, it's nowhere near as intricate as, say, Brad Mehldau's newest stuff. Although syncopation still plays a large role, it's just moved to the background I think.