OK, watched the whole thing. "Jazz" is a misnomer. I get the thesis about high entropy signals.
The quote in the beginning, that "classical music is the peak" of making music more organized is wrong. By the terms he later describes, that would be the rules of tonal harmony and counterpoint (cantus firmus) which evolved in the baroque era. From Bach forward, great music has pushed those boundaries relentlessly. All the complex harmonies he mentions in the video are present in Mozart.
Some famous musician said that "everything is 20th century music if you look hard enough". I offer you Chopin - the one the Barry Manilow copied and audiences swoon over. Check out these 90 seconds of fun.
and for polyrhythm try this
I love Jazz, and it deserves its place in our musical canon. But I think it is important to understand that the 'tension' harmonies of jazz evolved from Debussy and Brahms just as they, in turn, evolved from Bach and Mozart. The persistent rhythmic feels of jazz involved combining folk traditions and polyrhythmic structures pioneered in formal musical tradition.
The quote in the beginning, that "classical music is the peak" of making music more organized is wrong. By the terms he later describes, that would be the rules of tonal harmony and counterpoint (cantus firmus) which evolved in the baroque era. From Bach forward, great music has pushed those boundaries relentlessly. All the complex harmonies he mentions in the video are present in Mozart.
Some famous musician said that "everything is 20th century music if you look hard enough". I offer you Chopin - the one the Barry Manilow copied and audiences swoon over. Check out these 90 seconds of fun.
and for polyrhythm try this
I love Jazz, and it deserves its place in our musical canon. But I think it is important to understand that the 'tension' harmonies of jazz evolved from Debussy and Brahms just as they, in turn, evolved from Bach and Mozart. The persistent rhythmic feels of jazz involved combining folk traditions and polyrhythmic structures pioneered in formal musical tradition.
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