Thursday, April 21, 2016

Adorno/Matana Roberts

I wanted to find an example of jazz that's so atypically experimental that it might counter Adorno's critique's of different forms of jazz as pseudo-individualization revolving around standardization. Besides dynamic development and some repetition of motifs, I'm not sure that there's much in this song that can be targeted by his critiques. Plus the song is incredibly expressive with its spoken word and distressing instrumentals, and focuses a good amount of energy towards making the listener feel uncomfortable, particularly towards the beginning.


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