Close enough for jazz?
You've probably heard the term 'Well, it's close enough for jazz.' Whether you were actually playing jazz (and what jazz is) at the time is a matter for another day, but when is it close enough for jazz?
As you may know, I play the Sax. Recently, I was playing a twelve bar blues with some others, and one we had finished( quite difficult with no drummer!) the bassist said to me "Next time,can you stick in the same key for all of it, please?" Now, I wasn't offended by this, but it stuck me that, it had sounded quite good to me, and surely that is the point of music?
And surely it was "Close enough for jazz?"
Of course, I might have slipped a few buff notes in here and there, but I don't think our audience will have noticed this in our rather impromptu performance. And I'm sure we all did. But it sounded good, and if it sounds good, I don't complain. It was close enough for jazz.
By the way, we eventually screeched to a stop after about 20 repetitions by everyone trying to nod at each other at once. Quite amusing, and wasn't exactly a clean stop!
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