{"id":232,"date":"2005-11-09T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-09T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/?p=232"},"modified":"2005-11-09T01:05:00","modified_gmt":"2005-11-09T09:05:00","slug":"comment_applause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2005\/11\/comment_applause\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment: Applause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Kirchner took time out of his busy schedule to send a response to a review.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Thanks for commenting on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/archives\/2005\/11\/charlap_reviewe.html\"target=\"_blank\">jazz audiences&#8217; &#8220;self-conscious rote clapping&#8221;<\/a> after every solo.  This to me is the most mindless of all jazz customs. (Where did this idiocy come from&#8211;does anyone know?) It usually prevents audiences from hearing the beginning of each solo&#8211;and hearing the opening phrases is often the key to understanding an improviser&#8217;s intent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>I once read a &#8220;jazz for kids&#8221; booklet that told them to clap for each solo, lest the performers be insulted.  God help us!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Kirchner took time out of his busy schedule to send a response to a review. Thanks for commenting on jazz audiences&#8217; &#8220;self-conscious rote clapping&#8221; after every solo. This to me is the most mindless of all jazz customs. (Where did this idiocy come from&#8211;does anyone know?) It usually prevents audiences from hearing the beginning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}