The list is talking about 'backdoor 7th'.
A few month ago, I was picking up chord progression of Michael
Jackson's
'You're not alone', to backup a singer who wanted to sing it. The song
is mainly simple turn arounds, and in the highlight moment it uses
bVI7-bVII7-I7. It sounds very Motown, very typical sound of Jacksons'
songs. I'm not theorical person, I didn't explored it in detail, and
just thought it was chords on temporal I-Aeonian, and resolves
to I-Mixolydian. I called it Motown 7th to myself.
Later, on Charlie Mingus's homepage somewhere in Italy, I saw that
Mingus was experimenting such change in blues in 40s. (Mingus studied
composing and wanted to write a piece like Richart Straus, so as for
HIS music, there wasn't theory of Jazz but only theory of music.)
And I wonder the thread of musicians and musical ideas between Jazz,
Blues and Gospel to Soul or Black Contemporary musics later.
Fusion as a sort of Jazz music is almost dyeing, but most of sounds,
effects and musical ideas of 70s fusion are present on any pop music
on today's countdown. Anyone knows well how players and arrangers of
Jazz, like Quincy Jones played a roll in creation of Popular black
music of today?
Another question is about a fate of Jazz. Like Blues, Jazz
started as a folk music of Black Americans. Now I see most of people
who listen or play it is more from intellectual taste, and 'learning'
it than feeling and living it. Blues band from Chicago came with
a excellent Swedish guitarist. (I enjoyed his playing :)
I'm not starting racist thread here, but just want to know if average
Black American audiences are still enjoying listning to Jazz music
today.
( I heard once Madagascar's colonial style corrective improvisation
with many many clarinets, I sounds me clearly as a origine of New
Orleans Jazz, at least its style of clarinet. The city was once
French
colonie, and in French Quator, there must be clarinet players from
madagascar, too. Jazz was a 'world music' of early 20c. )
Am I only one who think today's musicians are so excellent on things
that can be taught in school or by books but not so much on things we
have to explore ourselves?
muchan