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In Reply to: yeah I know, felt like preachin to the choir posted by Analog Scott on August 23, 2012 at 00:49:44:
"I'm sure I'll catch a lot of flack for my opinions on this one from the others."Yes. Because it opens the door to a relativism that just doesn't work. The Appassionata wouldn't sound good if it were performed with interpretation appropriate to a stride piece. It would sound ridiculous. Ditto this.
Interpretation varies, but it isn't arbitrary, it isn't divorced from style -- and not all interpretations are equal.
This comparison is particularly invidious because an ordinary pianist couldn't imitate Tatum even if she were a master of jazz style. No jazz pianist has ever equaled his technique, not even Oscar Peterson (albeit Peterson's technique was superior in a few particulars). Only a handful of classical virtuosi had the technique to do so -- and while they had sufficient virtuosity, it's not at all certain that they would have been able to master the interpretation.
Many of the greatest classical pianists of Tatum's era acknowledged his genius, by the way. Listen to his recordings and you'll get a sense of why this is so, just as with familiarity with classical performances we start to appreciate the respective merits of various classical pianists.
Edits: 08/23/12
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- RE: yeah I know, felt like preachin to the choir - josh358 08:28:04 08/23/12 (7)
- RE: yeah I know, felt like preachin to the choir - Analog Scott 09:34:25 08/23/12 (6)
- Not to get back into the discussion again, but. . . - Chris from Lafayette 12:32:17 08/23/12 (4)
- RE: Not to get back into the discussion again, but. . . - josh358 15:08:13 08/23/12 (2)
- You probably know about Tatum and Horowitz - Paul_A 16:46:57 08/23/12 (1)
- RE: You probably know about Tatum and Horowitz - josh358 17:29:52 08/23/12 (0)
- RE: Not to get back into the discussion again, but. . . - Analog Scott 13:38:21 08/23/12 (0)
- RE: yeah I know, felt like preachin to the choir - josh358 10:55:13 08/23/12 (0)
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