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post #16 of 29
9/30/11 at 10:30pm
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Originally Posted by ChipnDalebowl View Post

Bigshot, what is your take on composer Leroy Anderson


Leroy Anderson was a genius!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxm0TN5WDQI

 

Jerry Lewis is a genius too!

 

Light classical and easy listening is terrifically under appreciated. Library music for film production too, particularly the British stock music like the stuff in Ren and Stimpy and the Hanna Barbera cartoon shows.

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post #17 of 29
10/3/11 at 12:10pm
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Some people tend to think of skill as a mechanical thing, but it isn't. It's actually freedom from having to think about mechanical things. When you achieve a certain level of skill, fundamental principles become ingrained into you, so you are able to express your ideas without being held back. Here is a perfect example.

 

Duke Ellington sits down at a piano with his combo and knocks out a song that is completely improvised and absolutely brilliant at the same time. The musicians are masters of their instruments and have the experience of playing together to be able to collaborate without words, without written down music, without advance planning. That's skill.

 

Duke Ellington http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_ellington

Norman Granz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Granz

 


Edited by bigshot - 10/3/11 at 12:12pm
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post #18 of 29
10/3/11 at 12:11pm
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb25Pp1Wqug

 

This is available on a fantastic DVD called Norman Grantz: Improvisation.

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post #19 of 29
10/3/11 at 12:19pm
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Another misconception about skill is that it is synonymous with complexity. Folk music is a great example of simplicity and skill working hand in hand.

 

This is Lead Belly. He was a genuine and real person and that vitality expresses itself in everything he did. The first song here is tremendously eloquent. He talks about the "gray goose" enduring all kinds of dangers and violence and bouncing back. The song is a parable for the resilience of black people in an oppressive society.

 

Lead Belly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledbelly

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROd1zTShnxE

 

This one comes from a wonderful DVD collection called Treasures of American Folk Blues.

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post #20 of 29
10/3/11 at 11:05pm
Okay, I'll do this per decade:

1900s - Best thing about this decade was ragtime and the best of the best was Vess Ossman's "Maple Leaf Rag"

1910s - Dixieland started to gain ground and Original Dixieland Jazz Band's "Tiger Rag" became an instant classic

1920s - A lot more variety in music started to take form and I'm pretty torn on what to share so I'll pick two: The acoustic blues tune "Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground" by Blind Willie Johnson and the timeless "Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin

1930s - Some "Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday to cover the 30s

1940s - And some contemporary folk in the form of Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" to cover the wartorn 40s

1950s - And how can one not put a rock & roll tune for the rockin' 50s? Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode", the most rockin' and rollin' of them all.
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post #21 of 29
10/6/11 at 3:21pm
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The grandfather of Rock N Roll... Louis Jordan. This is what R&B used to sound like back when it was good. Check out that sax solo!

 

Louis Jordan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Jordan

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR6pHtiNT_k

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post #22 of 29
10/6/11 at 3:24pm
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Here's a bonus... Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson. This kid plays a lot better than Gaga!

 

Sugar Chile Robinson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Chile_Robinson

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcq93txBdtM

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw-0nviaso0


Edited by bigshot - 10/6/11 at 3:27pm
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post #23 of 29
10/7/11 at 11:56am
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An amazing program featuring Jazz pianist, Bill Evans... It's rare that great artists speak this openly about what they do.

 

Bill Evans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Evans

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie3sglFcum4

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MSCReTIeH8

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ta9pi8QII

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI7l3MWEFQY

 

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post #24 of 29
10/12/11 at 3:23pm
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Here is an example of almost superhuman skill and concentration.

 

Sviatoslav Richter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sviatoslav_Richter

Frederic Chopin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopin

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDX0ujaQpxA

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post #25 of 29
10/12/11 at 3:28pm

Wow, I am a huge Chopin's fan and I haven't seen this video. Richter was a truly master.

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post #26 of 29
10/12/11 at 3:47pm
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There is an interesting story that goes with the video. Richter didn't like to be televised, especially with such difficult material to perform. He only agreed to the BBC to let them film this concert if the cameras were static and operated by remote control and the lighting was exactly the way he felt most comfortable. At the beginning of this piece, the BBC engineer was concerned that it was too dark, so he nudged the lights up a notch. You can see Richter flash him a look of hatred without missing a beat. Richter was royally pissed throughout this performance, but he still managed to pull it off.

 

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post #27 of 29
10/12/11 at 10:06pm
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Not only is Julie Andrews absolutely perfect in this song, the puppetry is phenominal. Bil Baird is the puppeteer responsible for designing and performing this sequence. He really deserves to be better known.

 

Julie Andrews http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_andrews

Rodgers and Hammerstein http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodgers_and_Hammerstein

Bil Baird http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bil_Baird

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za7dAJtYXwo

 

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post #28 of 29
10/19/11 at 9:48am

For this kind of music, I like to listen the GMMY radio stream (http://www.gmmy.com/). The website look like a Nigerian scam, but once you find the winamp/wmp button you're good to go.

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post #29 of 29
10/19/11 at 3:35pm

Hey bigshot, what do you think of Frank Sinatra?

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