In Reply to: If she'd run it by a jazz musician first, she might have realized how far off her playing was. posted by Paul_A on August 22, 2012 at 15:09:46:
I sent a link to Yuja Wang's performance to a Jazz musician I know in New Orleans. Sasha Masakowski. her dad and her teacher is Steve Masakowski. Feel free to look them both up. here is what she said...
"Wow!! Thats amazing- sounds beautiful! Art Tatum is one of my favorite pianists of all time, did you know he learned to play from transcribing player-roll pieces that were recorded by two people when he was a child? Thats why when you listen to him play solo piano it sounds like two people.
she did a wonderful job!"
I guess reactions like that from actual jazz musicians would have given Yuja Wang good reason to avoid playing such pieces. Ya think?
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Follow Ups
- Here is an actual Jazz musician chiming in - Analog Scott 15:29:42 08/24/12 (1)
- Oh and another one - Analog Scott 14:18:52 08/27/12 (0)