Jazz

[Bridge]

Isn't it? I thought 'World Without Logos' sounded pretty jazzy, but maybe I'm just not fly with the whole business.

It is jazzy. But like I said: in my opinion, and basically everyone else's, there is no jazz without swing. This is what swing rhythm sounds like:





Listen to how, even though nearly all of the notes are eighth notes, none of them are evenly spaced. Listen to how the eighth notes that precede the 2nd and 4th beats are played shortly before the beats instead of falling exactly in the middle. Like I said earlier, this is what is known as swing and is the oldest jazz tradition. Most fusion genres, such as acid jazz, jazz-funk and jazz fusion do not have swing rhythm and so can't be considered true jazz. I'm not really an elitist and I don't split hairs, but there is no jazz without swing; that's pretty much a fact. It's why bossa nova is not jazz despite having the same harmony in essence and a big emphasis on improvisation usually: it doesn't swing, it's all straight.