GovernorSilver Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 This thread reminds me to go get the new Bach And Friends DVD. http://www.mlfilms.com/productions/bach_project http://www.mlfilms.com/files/mlfimages/newbach/bdvdfront.jpg Uri Caine on "jazzing up" Bach: [video:youtube] Some folkie playing Violin Partita #3 [video:youtube] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLaw Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Ha. Chris Thile described as "some folkie." Guess that makes Edgar Meyer "some bass player" and Béla Fleck "some banjo player." Larry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muiriled Posted March 4, 2010 Author Share Posted March 4, 2010 and Bach was actually a folker Larry. only at early age - later Bach was all about jazz... [video:youtube]-_1vD71GW0g [video:youtube]JvgsU-RuKlo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorSilver Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Ha. Chris Thile described as "some folkie." Guess that makes Edgar Meyer "some bass player" and Béla Fleck "some banjo player." Larry. Even funnier to me are the Youtube comments comparing poor Thile to that vampire dude from the Twilight series. Thile inspired me to learn and practice Partita #3 on guitar (got plenty of other Bach to practice on piano). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SK Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 In the 50s and 60s, there was a movement in music called " Third Stream." It was basically a fusion of Jazz and classical, what we are talking about in this thread. Here's the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_stream In many ways, it produced some of the most ridiculous music ever written. My favorite was the classic "Scheherazade" done in a version called "Scheherajazz-A symphony in Jazz". It's about as cornball as you can get. A lot of jazzed up classical stuff is cornball or humor, like the OP's video that muiriled/delirium posted. The reverse though ('classicizing' jazz), "Third Stream" also produced some amazing music. I loved the variations on 'Django' and Monk's 'CrissCross' on Gunther Schuller's Jazz Abstractions album. He wrote the string parts and variations, with a wild cast of performing players including Scott LaFaro, Jim Hall, Ornette Coleman, Bill Evans, Eric Dolphy, and produced by John Lewis. A fascinating listen. CD: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/stevekessler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 I'm lost. Because someone does a jazzy interpretation of a classical work, it means the original composer was a "jazz" composer? Kind of a stretch. Keep it greazy! B3tles - Soul Jazz THEO - Prog Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muiriled Posted March 4, 2010 Author Share Posted March 4, 2010 I'm lost. Because someone does a jazzy interpretation of a classical work, it means the original composer was a "jazz" composer? of course not, I'm just teasing. My point is music has no boundaries when it's good - then interpretation makes it more classic or more jazz or whatever. I know both Chopin and Bach improvised a lot so they were kinda early jazzers. Is there a better way to name "improvised music"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus64 Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 I'm lost. Because someone does a jazzy interpretation of a classical work, it means the original composer was a "jazz" composer? of course not, I'm just teasing. My point is music has no boundaries when it's good - then interpretation makes it more classic or more jazz or whatever. I know both Chopin and Bach improvised a lot so they were kinda early jazzers. Is there a better way to name "improvised music"? I think a better way would be to say "ornamentation" or "cadenza", since that is would they really did. They did flourishes, variations, they veered from the printed page. However, it was still highly structured. The Cadenza was the only thing that could compare to todays improvisation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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