whereas in Jazz, a THOUROUGH WORKING KNOWLEDGE of Musical Structure and Hamony is a PREREQUISITE just to play at an INTERMEDIATE level,...
Depends on what you mean by "knowledge". I suspect most of the originators of jazz couldn't read music. That's technically what is meant by illiterate. Doesn't mean they didn't know anything.
292 posted on 12/12/2001 11:54:45 AM PST by js1138