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In Reply to: RE: Jazz is eating my brain. posted by olddude55 on February 09, 2012 at 17:23:43
Once I posed the question to a good classical pianist.
The question went something like, "What is the higher form of art, interpreting a known work by Beethoven or some other composer, that has been interpreted by thousands of great players over and over again--or creating a singular work that defies duplication or interpretation?"
Being a Julliard grad and a semi-finalist in one of the Queen Elisabeth concerto competitions she predictably argued for the former. It was a long discussion. I gave her some Art Tatum recordings (even with her professional credentials she had never heard of Art Tatum) and several months later she said she was reconsidering her answer.
I think jazz sometimes does that to people.
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to OPERA...ever...unless the occasional piece by Academy of Ancient Music with Emma Kirkby, because she didn't have some Fake Vibrato that sinks ships...just an amazing sweet voice...
Anyway, Vivica Genaux is completely ADDICTIVE, because she does the most amazing, REAL singing, without sinking ships, and simply so fast: she can do four trills, and grace before most singers get the next syllable...and there is something genuine in her singing which I find unique...: or thought unique, now Marijana Mijanovic, Joyce DiDonato...etc...and this is what has to do with JAZZ: Addiction...hehe
is Addiction....
You can see Vivica Genaux here (Amazing!)
We got to hear Genaux along with Europa Galante recently in concert (UApresents, University of Arizona) in a program of mostly Vivaldi. She, and they, were dazzling. We had gone to the concert feeling run-down and agreeing that we could leave at intermission if we were "Vivaldi-ed out." We stayed because it was exciting and wonderfully performed.
Well worth it!
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