I’m sure you probably didn’t mean it that way, but it sounds like you think jazz is a matter of fast twitch muscle and not nimble neurons. I’m sure you realize that jazz requires a lot of nimble neurons (as does basketball, the other oft cited analogy, for that matter). In fact, early mastery of a musical instrument is very strongly related with the development of mathematical thinking.
I was trying (perhaps, unsuccessfully) to make a point about Glenn's discomfiture with the idea of applying a stereotype ahead of judging the skills and proclivities of an individual. I should have presented "jazz" in the way I do here-- in quotes.
I’m sure you probably didn’t mean it that way, but it sounds like you think jazz is a matter of fast twitch muscle and not nimble neurons. I’m sure you realize that jazz requires a lot of nimble neurons (as does basketball, the other oft cited analogy, for that matter). In fact, early mastery of a musical instrument is very strongly related with the development of mathematical thinking.
I was trying (perhaps, unsuccessfully) to make a point about Glenn's discomfiture with the idea of applying a stereotype ahead of judging the skills and proclivities of an individual. I should have presented "jazz" in the way I do here-- in quotes.