DAN WALLACE MUSIC

From time to time I find myself in a conversation with a musician who says something to the effect of, “I’m not interested in learning music theory because it would ruin my music; I believe that music should just come from the soul.” This idea is not an invalid one per se (provided we take [...]

I’m not really interested in the question, “What is jazz?”, but I do find it funny that there are things called  ”jazz purists,” such as the one featured in this guardian.co.uk blog post. I don’t understand the idea of being a purist about anything (which is part of why I don’t care for the need to commit [...]