2 weeks later, the blog is dusty, and its not getting any better like the wine bottle does cuz if the wine bottle is dusty, means its about time to bear the luxury of tasting that bottle of richness. Well that's not the case for a blog so yea *what??*
Good morning!!
There were no major events for the past 2 weeks except Penang Jazz Festival 2010!!! Here are some captures on the night of 5th December,2010. It was both 4th and 5th but I'm attending 5th mainly because of the presence of Tommy Emmanuel !!
The whole thing was awesome. Since its the 7th fest, I hate to say that I missed the past 6 years of Penang Jazz Fest because it really did blew my mind away. RM60 was totally worth it!!
As we all know, the music appreciation level and the standards of differentiating good and bad music in this country is totally screwed up. ESPECIALLY when it comes to jazz, blues and classical, just how many people would try and blend themselves into that music?
Well here's what I thought :
1) Jazz is something that people have to discover it for themselves, it really requires one to LISTEN to it.
2) It's very 'busy' music, frequently evades straight statements of the melody, can be discordant (or sound discordant to the untutored ear, even when it's not).
3) Jazz is an enigma. Jazz takes some thought, whereas the kinds of music that is being played on major radio stations nowadays are packaged up and sold to the masses.
4) The poor representation of jazz to a public that might be attracted if they only really knew what real jazz was.
The hard work that the Jazz Fest Committee gives in to connect all the international artists and have them perform in this annual musical island festival is just awesome. People need to learn more about this form of art.
I'll be there to support this festival again, next year. And this time, it's gonna be 2 days, and I'll be carrying more of the records home. Hehe. Awesomeness!!
I love jazz :)
