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Post by trumpetguy on Jun 24, 2009 15:21:10 GMT 10
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Post by isaacs on Jun 24, 2009 15:59:54 GMT 10
I like this comment from a punter nice intro from steve allen. looks to be an unusually thoughful jazz documentary. too often modern jazz docs are too scattershot in their approach - 'talking heads' being used merely to deliver fairly obvious factual snippets or unsubstantiated opinions, with short bits of music that aren't given time to breathe amongst the commentary. no such compromises here. it's willing to be slow and to give time for actual thought about jazz as a serious artform. |
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Post by gator on Jun 25, 2009 9:42:01 GMT 10
This is one of the great ones I reckon - Bill's development of "Star Eyes" and 'How bout you' are so transparent and free of the usual 'faux mystique' without being too clinical or dry - ;and what he identifies when he talks of young players 'approximating' the sound of 'the greats' in 1964!
Yes - I do like Bill
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Post by isaacs on Jun 25, 2009 10:36:15 GMT 10
The thing that sticks out for me is Bill's admonishment not to "approximate" something, but do another thing that is real for you that albeit may be considerably simpler.
By way of clarification, he adds that in the spirit of adventure you might indeed find yourself engaged in approximating something but that you should still be "real" in that you know what you are doing and why and are capable of evaluating the results.
Advice that in many ways is even more pertinent with the passage of time given the increased complexity of the music. I know I certainly need such wisdom.
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Post by isaacs on Jun 25, 2009 10:41:10 GMT 10
But I wish Bill and his brother would not speak of "harmonics" when they really mean harmonies. I find it excruciating.
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Post by isaacs on Jun 25, 2009 10:49:40 GMT 10
The other thing is that the total length of all 5 parts is about 50 minutes. I wouldn't be surpised if it was made for commerical TV with the ads making it up to an hour. I know NBC showed music educational programs in that period by for example Leonard Bernstein. Can you imagine commerical TV touching something like this now? It's format would be too "highbrow" for ABC TV these days, though Radio National is the last bastion God bless them.
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