Jazz pianist Jon Batiste's interpretation of Beethoven's "F�r Elise" ...

It was apparent that..., posted on October 18, 2024 at 09:00:33
acres verde Audiophile Posts: 763 Location: Big Easy Joined: November 13, 2004	...he was very emotionally involved and committed to the piece.

The new Liberace...?, posted on October 19, 2024 at 02:05:56
andy evans Audiophile Posts: 4447 Joined: October 20, 2000	Just needs a candlestick or two and a lot of sequins.....

Can I just say..., posted on October 20, 2024 at 13:30:14
jimbill Audiophile Posts: 3123 Location: Texas Joined: May 31, 2004	I hate it. I first quit it after the first minute. But then I thought I hadn't really given it a chance, so I skipped about a bit and listened to some other parts. Still hated it. Worst desecration of a beautiful piece of music since Lang Lang did the Goldberg Variations. But that is only my opinion.

Agreed. Ridiculous idea. NT, posted on October 21, 2024 at 16:10:56
JimBop Audiophile Posts: 1291 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Joined: October 7, 2002	...

My Wife Pointed This Out To Me Last Week, posted on October 22, 2024 at 01:39:33
JazzAlive Audiophile Posts: 78 Location: CA Joined: March 31, 2019	We are both fans of Jon's talent, diversity and open-mindedness. Hopefully he'll do the same to some classic jazz tunes someday - you know, inject some classical sensibilities into them. I'm guessing the purists here will also point their Durante's in the air at those. I mean, how dare he! LP and CD out in November, pre-orders at his website.

George Shearing did it beautifully, posted on October 22, 2024 at 12:40:38

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He intermingled classical themes with jazz standards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKgUxqXoc9M

If you want "classical" do it properly, posted on October 23, 2024 at 02:54:31

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None of the pastiches of classical music work for me and this is one of the more awful ones.

The way to do it is to start from scratch and create a new "classical" sounding piece.

Here's a brilliant example from Brad Mehldau with a lot of Scriabin in it. I can't find the original on YT but here's a fairly good version. A few pianists now play this with the score.

Brad Mehldau - Bard

Why can't the lines be blurred ?, posted on October 29, 2024 at 23:29:34
peppy m. Audiophile Posts: 5002 Joined: February 19, 2021	Think many shades of gray, not just black and white.

George Shearing is in a completely different universe than, posted on January 29, 2025 at 08:37:45
oldmkvi Audiophile Posts: 10744 Joined: April 12, 2002	Batiste!

RE: My Wife Pointed This Out To Me Last Week, posted on January 29, 2025 at 11:23:21
Palustris Audiophile Posts: 2459 Location: Cape Cod Joined: September 12, 2008	>how dare he! It is not a case of "how dare he?" or even being offended by the exercise. I simply don't find it appealing. For me, it is strictly about the aesthetics of the original being far superior to the "interpretation."

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Jazz pianist Jon Batiste's interpretation of Beethoven's "F�r Elise" ...

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