In Reply to: Hate to be a party-pooper, but, posted by John Marks on May 13, 2015 at 18:14:10:
"He's a nice young man who has worked hard and obviously loves music, but he obviously has no clue about the words or the music or the harmonic structure of 'Lush Life,' a song he has no more right to play in public, than he has the right to recite Hamlet's 'Soliloquy' in public for money."
Who determines who has the right to perform anything, in front of anyone? .... As one who "poops on a lot of parties", I had no problem with this particular performance. No problem whatsoever.
"And if anyone doesn't already know the reasons why, I am not only not being paid to teach you; if you don't know by now, I doubt that Gustav Mahler could teach you--or rather Anton Bruckner, who actually taught for a living and was rather successful at it."
Not sure what your point is here........
"Perhaps if Joey spends the next 15 years listening to the Hartman/Coltrane version at least once a day, he might eventually get it."
This wasn't a Brahms piece he was performing.... Jazz has a lot of leeway..... There's no "proper" or "improper" way to perform it, as long as the spirit of the composer comes through. I thought the young chap did capture it.
"And some real ear training and music theory, and a little respect for the composer's wishes as clearly shown in the sheet music might help."
Once again, this is jazz.... If a jazz performer sounds exactly like Coltrane, he'd probably be better off performing classical works.
"The last phrase is on 8 different chords with almost no overlap--that's why 'Lush Life' is often called 'the only 12-tone Great American Songbook song.'"
You'd have to provide an example regarding what to listen for.....
"And at this point I truly don't care whatever anyone else thinks."
That's fine....
"But everybody should refresh their memories about this:"
Comparing an 11-year-old to Coltrane.... Kind of unfair to the 11-year-old.... Isn't it? Not to mention a totally different rendition.
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- Disagree Here.......... - Todd Krieger 00:23:37 05/15/15 (0)