Jazz or Classical

First of all, this is not a prog poll.

King Crimson776 wrote: I think that there are some classical pieces that beat any jazz, but overall jazz is better (like a random jazz song is better than a random classical piece more often)

What is that supposed to mean? If you picked a classical song out of a hat, it would be worse than any jazz song you picked out of a hat more often? How can you follow that as a rule? And that is 100% subjective.

and has so many varying styles like fusion etc.

Minimalism
Anti-minimalism
Opera
Romantic
Baroque
Experimental/Avant-garde
Soundtrack
20th Century Composer
and so on,
and so on,

So I choose jazz, what is your choice?

Classical.

My three favourite genres are Prog, Classical and Jazz, so it's not as if I dislike jazz in the slightest.

Unfortunately, I can't afford jazz yet. I'm really trying, but I don't manage to find a true JAZZ cd that I love.

Classical music usually touches me more deeply than jazz, but I often long for the FREEDOM of jazz. I couldn't live without either. It all depends on my mood.

I love classical, but I like jazz better. Because of Jazz-Fusion!

Sckxyss wrote: I haven't given classical enough of a chance to vote.. it scares me, in a way. With modern music, you have a band that compose their piece, then release it as an album, performed by themselves. With classical, there's a composer that writes their music on paper, and eventually gets played and recorded by many, many orchestras! I don't know where to go! It's also harder to come by recommendations or do research on this music since I no so little about it. It's rather sad, really.

Beethoven, Holst, Stravinsky and Gershwin are my favorites, all from different eras and backgrounds. I would certainly recomend all of them. Just go to Wikipedia dude, you'll learn all kinds of sh*t on Classical. Afterall, that is the bright side of this whole information overload generation.

ProgBagel wrote: Jazz Fusion...I don't like jazz. In relation to the poll...I choose jazz because there was freedom and experimentation in it. Classical was too rigid

yeah yeah, right on, any type of jazz counts

I think that there are some classical pieces that beat any jazz, but overall jazz is better (like a random jazz song is better than a random classical piece more often) and has so many varying styles like fusion etc. So I choose jazz, what is your choice?

Edited by King Crimson776 - November 27 2007 at 23:04