Funny, I was gonna mention klez as soon as I saw this thread. :) I've heard klezmer described as "Yiddish swing," which is actually probably more accurate than "Jewish jazz," but we won't get into that. (Y'all like swing, right?) I mean, tell me the most famous klez piece ever (that'd be Bei Mir Bistu Shayn) isn't swing...
In my copy of The Compleat Klezmer (Sapoznik/Solokow), some of the arrangements at the back are in common metre, but they have things in them that look sortakinda like "stretch triplets" -- they're sex- and septuplets. I can't even start to hear something like that in my head, and my software won't cope with it. Which is why...
I'm bringing the book to Pennsic next year. You can look at it there, and see if there's anything you like. I'll photocopy some stuff for you, but I'm not lending it, sorry. (I'm gonna get you a copy of Nakht in Gan Eydn just because I like it so much, though!)
Klezmer
In my copy of The Compleat Klezmer (Sapoznik/Solokow), some of the arrangements at the back are in common metre, but they have things in them that look sortakinda like "stretch triplets" -- they're sex- and septuplets. I can't even start to hear something like that in my head, and my software won't cope with it. Which is why...
I'm bringing the book to Pennsic next year. You can look at it there, and see if there's anything you like. I'll photocopy some stuff for you, but I'm not lending it, sorry. (I'm gonna get you a copy of Nakht in Gan Eydn just because I like it so much, though!)