FOUR CHORDS & F r e e J a z z | Q&A 4

[@nathanpoovey6211]

You never fail to make me load up Musescore after a video :) I love your videos so much!!

[@sammusic7537]

Its a crime this channel hasn’t a million subscribers

[@hellomynameisjoenl]

I have had my question featured on all of your Q&As except for the very first one, yes! Thank you so much for answering all of them!

[@Stigstigmamatata]

I think ( in regards to free jazz) a great stepping stone for furthering enjoyment of free jazz outside of Coltrane for bridging bebop with free jazz is the album Charles Mingus presents Charles Mingus, it has a lot of the structure and phrasing of bebop but with many of the simultaneous improvisational structures and organizational motifs of much of free jazz, Plus Eric Dolphy slays the alto sax and bass clarinet through out. Another good literary source for "getting" what is going on in free jazz in a more conceptual lens is the book "in the break" by Fred Moten (every one should read more Fred Moten in general but this is a great one)

[@Jack-in-the-country]

You never fail to inspire me to a higher self-kindness. Also, I was enlightened by your description of the theory underpinning the strange and beautiful inevitability conjured by songs like Dipsea Steps. It blew my mind so much that I'm now listening to the album for the hundredth time. Thanks for all this, Brian.

[@BrianKrock]

Thank you, Noah! It's a huge compliment to hear that you've listened to the record more than once :)

[@simonpatonbass]

What made free music click for me as a teenager was a quote I heard from Derek Bailey's documentary on improvisation (around this time there were some players like Peter Brotzmann and Evan Parker that I was into but hadn't fully embraced the whole improv scene just yet). In it, Bailey said something along the lines of how the appeal was in watching people interact with each other and how they have to figure out how to work together, even if the performance doesn't necessarily result in a great piece of music (when it does however, god damn!!). After hearing that quote, it all made sense for me. Admittedly I'm talking more about free improv than free jazz, but as someone who plays and attends a lot of improvised gigs, I find myself watching/playing them with that mindset. It's almost like anthropology in a sense. Sometimes it doesn't work and thats fine too because it mirrors life, in that you don't always get on with everyone you meet.

[@spencerschoening5355]

That's great notion. While listening/watching fully improvised music there is so much more to sink your teeth into than just the "piece of music" you end up with. There's a problem/opportunity/puzzle inherent to the format that you don't get in any other kind of music (at least not to the same degree). Really awesome. Thanks for mentioning that documentary I'm excited to check it out.

[@fran6b]

I've got some reminiscence of Cecil Taylor in your spontaneous improvisation (8:06). It's another great musician to look up for freejazz! Excellent Q&A therapy! I feel inspired.

[@protodosto]

i love your channel man, you have a really friendly demeanour, good sense of humour, and great content! keep up the good work :)

[@samblakesleemusic4106]

Thanks for the shout out Brian! Great stuff as always!

[@elliotlangford824]

I think free jazz is most interesting if you get the chance to see it live personally! Great video, thanks!

[@Qwazim0d00]

These videos are great. I'm always looking forward to see what you're doing next.

[@lilithperson6266]

thanks brian, keep it up. great interesting and inspiring videos

[@BrianKrock]

Thank you, Lilith, I appreciate the encouragement.

[@j.s.m.5351]

Love the idea of spiral progressions... stealing it. Thanks! ;) Also big props to Barrios!

[@kristianburys160]

Great video! Definitely subbing!

[@BrianKrock]

Thank you!!

[@Trelosolyuy]

I am brazilian and Toninho Horta is my hero! So nice seeing you mention his name :)

[@evanphillips2126]

Yeah in hindsight I probably could have guessed the answer... lmao- thanks for the podcast recc

[@BrianKrock]

lol!

[@joaquinmendozas]

hey! thanks a lot for answering my question =P I'm actually from venezuela... and there like ten years ago I had the chance to meet Leo Brower (perhaps his most intense ten minutes of sheer fanboyism), I'll take the oportunity here to drop Charly García's name again =P

[@BrianKrock]

I will check out Chary García immediately! Thank you!

[@Athraminaurian]

For anyone looking for cool Big Bands I can't recommend Fire! Orchestra enough. Their shit is so damn powerful and raw. It makes me feel like I want to be some kind of free jazz space berserker.

[@BrianKrock]

Can't believe I failed to mention them! Thank you!

[@goncalomarques2711]

Those guys are so amazing it hurts

[@dariamindowski7604]

"A Power stronger than iself" really is one beautiful read! In some ways, it is dry and academic writing, but then again, tends to make me want to change my life.

[@elianmusic7452]

You make videos on jazz! Man such great content. Did not expect this from the sufjan stephens video! even though you did mention footprints by wayne shorter. Going to binge your channel What do you do for a living??

[@GBO84]

Thanks for this video Brian! Did you hear Cuchi Leguizamon? He was a great composer of Argentine folk music. Greetings!

[@Misterg1997]

Hello Brian. I just wanna say thank you thank you thank you for your great videos. Some of the best music related content on the KZbin. I was also wondering if one day you intend to make a format similar do Adam Neely's "How to get good at music" - I don't remember how it's called exactly. It'd be great to hear your take on your viewers' music. Or is there anything similar on your patreon? Keep up the good work!!

[@ALLERGIES100]

Damn dude you just named more bands than ive even listened to this year

[@MrMangaman1]

For Big Band recommendations I cannot recommend Fred Ho enough, the man was a true giant on his instrument and in his compositions and arrangements. Likewise for Oliver Lake and Anthony Brown, their respective bands make some truly powerful music

[@ili626]

22:00 I’ve composed pieces like that before.. also inspired by nature

[@sharadsemilo]

Which Blake Mills song are you talking about?

[@Ilovetaytay13-e2f]

Free jazz music is just as expansive as “traditional jazz”. If someone doesn’t like loud Peter brotzmann free jazz they might enjoy lyrical ornette Coleman like lonely woman. They just need to explore the different artists of the genre. I love free jazz but always disliked the big group recordings like ascension and the album free jazz. The shape of jazz to come is much better.

[@mallm1]

Greetings from Paraguay. You should come visit Mangoré's house museum sometime!

[@BrianKrock]

Oh, I would love to do that. Greetings to you from Pennsylvania :)

[@UnRayoQueSeEstrellóEnLaTierra]

from south america i recommend you charly garcía (clics modernos, la grasa de las capitales), oscar alemán, tenório jr., luis alberto spinetta (para los árboles, silver sorgo),

[@tothefinlandstation]

To what extend does ear training and music theory knowledge result in you "involuntarily" noticing chord progressions or musical techniques in music you aren't trying to analyze (music you hear in a restaurant or in the background of a film, etc.). Do you just without thinking go "aha! it changed to the relative minor" or "it modulated a minor third down" or "it is in 5/4 time" or whatever? Like when you were first learning to read a language you had to work to sound out the words, but now you simply can't even glance at a written text in the language you read and *not* also read it. Like if I see an advertisement while I'm driving I just know what it says, and there's no experience of going through the individual steps of looking it at, sounding out the words, and then putting the words together to grasp the meaning: it all just happens at once.

[@tothefinlandstation]

Second question: I know most musicians don't have perfect pitch in the sense they can't tell you to the semitone what a note played without any context is, but assumedly if they guessed they'd be *close* (at a minimum not octaves off, for example). Would they be able to guess correctly to within a perfect fifth plus or minus, or a minor third? And for those that do have perfect pitch, how discerning is it on the sub-semitone level? Can they tell you how many cents off a note is from concert pitch?

[@theofficialtycoon7645]

Hi it’s Lucas from band.

[@barsdaghan4296]

God damn

[@LuisFlores-xr5bu]

Bro I'm tired of me watching random videos to learn more jazz, that's it, I will be more focus and only pay attention to the recordings instead of zapping with no progress

[@kingofspraycheese1072]

Bro

[@ili626]

surprised Brian like SD so much. i’m not into them. they give a “fake jazz” and self-important vibe