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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: I'm perfectly willing to accept Yuja's interpretation on its own terms... posted by Paul_A on August 23, 2012 at 06:30:38:
I suggest you stick with just saying you don't like it. which is fine. Your analysis continues to be in a word, wrong.
" But Yuja Wang's rhythmic drive, if you want to call it that, is just silly, and on a purely technical level, very weak."
In reality on a "purely technical level" it is quite superior to the Tatum original which wavers in comparison. Now it would appear that you are confusing rhythm with tempo. And technically speaking there is no right or wrong tempos in Jazz.Jazz as a genre celebrates distinctive choices and reworkings of standards. It is not objectively wrong to change the tempo of a song in jazz. And in reality her change in tempo is nothing compared to Tatum's own changes in tempo in his later recordings.
"dime store virtuosity."
You are just killing your own credibility here. Very few pianists on earth have the skill set to play that piece the Yuja Wang plays it. This just shows gross ignorance on the subject of pianism.
"She changed a great deal and replaced the jazz sensibility in Tatum's original with a sing-song, little-girl rendition"
Have you taken the time to listen to the many different interpretations of this song? Are you aware that this was a standard "song" in it's original incarnation? "Jazz sensibility." In jazz every artist brings there own musical sensibility to the table. What next? Will you say the same things about Chet Baker because he likes slow tempos and likes lush melodies? The more you reference jazz sensibilities the more you kill your won arguments. Jazz is very much about personalizing the music and you are claiming Yuja Wang is "technically" wrong for having done so.
Again, nothing wrong with not liking it. But do yourself a favor and stop there. The more you argue this one the more you prove yourself "technically" wrong on the subject of jazz.
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Follow Ups
- RE: I'm perfectly willing to accept Yuja's interpretation on its own terms... - Analog Scott 09:13:58 08/23/12 (2)
- What can I say? - Paul_A 10:42:41 08/23/12 (1)
- RE: What can I say? - josh358 14:45:24 08/23/12 (0)
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