The New Reality
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Bolero Julliard
The story of how this was made can be found at:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/bolero-juilliard-is-a-lockdown-musical-miracle-this-is-how-it-got-madeSteve Smith
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@SSmith1226
Thanks, Steve, that was so funny, so uplifting, so makes you glad to be alive. And Bolero ? Well, in our younger years, my wife and I...naw, I won't get into that. Let's just say, it was one of our
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I can't hear Bolero without thinking of Bo Derick.
Benge 3X
Martin Committee
Getzen Capri Cornet
Adams F-1 Flugelhorn"If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn."
Charlie Parker"Even if I could play like Wynton Marsalis, I wouldn't play like Wynton Marsalis."
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This version displays unmatched musical and cinematographic superiority:
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Some nice trumpet work and outstanding dancing:
Steve Smith
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Aw, man, I think I just fell in love with a dog ...
1960s King Super 20 Silversonic, 1940 Olds Recording, 1942 Buescher True Tone 400 ,1999 Conn Vintage One Bb trumpet, A 1952 Selmer Paris, A 2020 Getzen 400 and a Manchester Brass ACB custom pro Bb trumpet, a 1962 Conn Victor 5A Cornet.
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@GeorgeB said in The New Reality:
Aw, man, I think I just fell in love with a dog ...
@Kehaulani said in The New Reality
I can't hear Bolero without thinking of Bo Derick.Given the choice, I’ll vote for Bo Derek, but the dog in this video is a close second!
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The following video was put together by students at Sacred Heart Bishop Feehan High School in North Attleboro, Massachusetts to honor first responders. No trumpets, but fantastic voices and accompaniment. I know their teachers and staff are proud of them because my daughter in law is one of them!
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Man there are some nice voices in that group.
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Another musical innovation of self isolation:
I ran across an article by Anthony Tommasini in the New York Times that was titled “A Jazz Pianist Flips Bach Upside Down”.
According to Mr. Tomassini, “ In March, the jazz pianist and composer Dan Tepfer found himself confined to his apartment in Brooklyn with all his bookings canceled for the foreseeable future, like musicians everywhere. So he decided to work seriously on an idea he had long been toying with.
Mr. Tepfer, 38, who also excels in classical music and has an undergraduate degree in astrophysics as well as sophisticated technology skills, wrote a computer program. He recorded himself playing Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations, beautifully, on a Yamaha Disklavier, a full grand piano with a high-tech player piano function; his program then played back each variation, but flipped.”For those interested, the entire article can be found here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/arts/music/dan-tepfer-bach.html
Examples of this music are below:
Steve Smith
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More musical innovation:
While under lockdown, here are two examples of how you can expand your musical horizons without a large monetary investment:
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@SSmith1226 - Absolutely fascinating. Thank you.
For me, there was not much difference, rhythm-wise except the use of, what one of my teachers called "posing" a note; subtle pauses on notes to help define and express the musicality of a phrase. When the music was reversed, these "poses" stuck out in odd ways.
Additionally, the harmonic direction blew me away. Instead of a phrase ending with a predictable harmonic motion towards a cadence, the phrase began by moving away from a cadence and ending with no harmonic direction.
This is the kind of thing I wouldn't normally go looking for but am really glad I found it. Thanks again.
And BTW, I wish I had those kind of piano chops.
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@SSmith1226 said in The New Reality:
Another musical innovation of self isolation:
I ran across an article by Anthony Tommasini in the New York Times that was titled “A Jazz Pianist Flips Bach Upside Down”.
According to Mr. Tomassini, “ In March, the jazz pianist and composer Dan Tepfer found himself confined to his apartment in Brooklyn with all his bookings canceled for the foreseeable future, like musicians everywhere. So he decided to work seriously on an idea he had long been toying with.
Mr. Tepfer, 38, who also excels in classical music and has an undergraduate degree in astrophysics as well as sophisticated technology skills, wrote a computer program. He recorded himself playing Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations, beautifully, on a Yamaha Disklavier, a full grand piano with a high-tech player piano function; his program then played back each variation, but flipped.”For those interested, the entire article can be found here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/arts/music/dan-tepfer-bach.html
Examples of this music are below:
A similar fun exercise is to play a piece of music backward, starting at the end and ending at the beginning.
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I have done that with Clark 2 and scale variations of Clark 2 when I feel masochistic.
Steve Smith
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@SSmith1226 said in The New Reality:
I have done that with Clark 2 and scale variations of Clark 2 when I feel masochistic.
If you want to indulge in masochism, play a tune in every key.
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@Kehaulani said in The New Reality:
I can't hear Bolero without thinking of Bo Derick.
When I saw that movie in my late teens, it was all about Bo Derick. Then I saw it again in my 40s, and I realized it was really all about Dudley Moore's midlife crisis.
Mike
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Wait until you get to your 70’s. It becomes a Travelogue of Mexican Beach Resort.
Steve Smith
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@SSmith1226 said in The New Reality:
Wait until you get to your 70’s. It becomes a Travelogue of Mexican Beach Resort.
On the other hand, what happens in Mexico stays in Mexico.
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Harrison Sheckler, a music student from Brooklyn College, put together 300 musicians and singers from 15 countries. This is the result.
For those who wish more details, here is a link to news article:
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Leonard Cohen’s Halleluja performed by “United Trumpeters Peruvian”.
Steve Smith
