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Title: The jazz police
Post by: Dave W on December 16, 2009, 09:12:06 AM

They really exist! (http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/dec/09/jazz-festival-larry-ochs-saxophone)

This is ridiculous. What next? Call the cops because your favorite band isn't rocking hard enough?

Title: Re: The jazz police
Post by: Basvarken on December 16, 2009, 09:15:52 AM

There was Dutch band called Jazz Politie.

Their name was meant as a joke, to make fun of all the so called connaisseurs in the audience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG-wCp64qys

Title: Re: The jazz police
Post by: rahock on December 16, 2009, 09:31:18 AM

Look out Kenny G :o
Rick

Title: Re: The jazz police
Post by: nofi on December 16, 2009, 09:44:59 AM

wow. sounds just like the self appointed blues police. this guy needs to be clockwork oranged. :rolleyes:

Title: Re: The jazz police
Post by: uwe on December 16, 2009, 10:54:49 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAp3NlCDgwg

This is of course not for everyone (though Ochs' sax is not as aurally demanding as the guitar but even that settles down after a while), but if jazz is not allowed to be experimental then what is? What would the Spanish gentleman have said about Miles in the late sixties?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJWPs69ZJn4

Title: Re: The jazz police
Post by: hieronymous on December 16, 2009, 11:32:24 AM

You can tell they're jazz police because they have syncopated beats!

(I wish I had come up with this myself!)

Title: Re: The jazz police
Post by: jmcgliss on December 16, 2009, 11:38:15 AM

Just more evidence we live in a tattletale society, where one crackpot or curmudgeon can invoke the police or frivolous lawsuits.  That "16 tons" prop from Monty Python needs to drop on a few people.

Title: Re: The jazz police
Post by: Freuds_Cat on December 16, 2009, 05:49:17 PM

The guy was just lucky he wasn't at Monterey, Hendrix would have given him a heart attack.