Posts made by Kehaulani

@Dr-GO said in Staying in top playing shape post band shutdown:
Just got one from the union this week that I play tomorrow.

Have you heard these?
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Charlier%2C+Jim+Wilt

@GeorgeB said in Staying in top playing shape post band shutdown:
@Kehaulani, But at my age everything is a challenge.

Yeah. I got up this morning. Wasn't sure if I could.

If you need it:
https://trumpetstudio.com/charlier.html

I just accidentally came across this, peripherally, (was looking for something different), but thought I'd post it as a superb, yet different, way of blending jazz (actually Ragtime) and classical elements into one piece of music.

This is a well-known piece by Mozart but with a seamless blend right into Ragtime.
BTW, I wish I had the pianist's chops.

https://www.facebook.com/ADPianist/videos/282269536289776

Just "business as usual", here. My practice regime hasn't changed. But broadly, it just seems to me to be common sense. Practice like you always did but compensate for lost ensemble playing time by,

1.) using the technology to play in "contrived' ensembles, . . - if you don't know the technology, this is a good time to learn.
2.) Increase the time, difficulty of additional exercises/etudes,
3.) Organize a set of tunes like you would, otherwise, have been playing in an ensemble, both in difficulty and time.

Also, if your so inclined, have a bit of fun. Music Minus One and Aebersold have a wealth of jazz and classical play-alongs, some with ensemble to orchestral accompaniments. Nothing like playing a Mozart solo piece with full orchestra accompaniment.

That was fascinating, thanks.
Just a quickie - I thought BAC was still in transition and not selling their Benges yet.

Fascinating. Could you tell me why the pre-WWII French Bessons were legendary, how Benge and Schilke came into this mix, and what modern trumpet would be the closest to the Besson? Thanks.

I believe the OP's question is classifying something as classical as opposed to jazz. Is this (and listen to all cuts) either/or, or is it a successful fusion of both?

(Paraphrasing) "The composers put out non-serious music, entertainment music?" I beg to differ. Some of it makes me grind my teeth, LOL. Hardly relaxing and/or light entertainment.

In my working in music in Germany for twenty years, what I experienced was a diversion of opinion regarding what some pieces of music fell into which E-Musik or U-Musik categories. Some, usually classical musicians, were more dogmatic and the jazz/pop musicians were more flexible. But, of course, even here, these are just stereotypes, and there are exceptions. But the exceptions were just that, exceptions. Point being that plenty would classify some of these pieces as "serious" music.

Back to the original question, to my ears, some of these pieces definitely are successful in avoiding being stereotyped.

Then try this on for size. And it's a great merger of both Jazz and Classical. Stan Kenton's Neophonic Orchestra.

Youtube Video

Improvisation, and improvisational techniques, some even the same, predate jazz. There's a long pre-jazz tradition of that.

I think the observation that there is jazz music that contains classical elements, and classical music that contains jazz, and some music where these are so subtly merged that one can't tell the difference, is a good topic for conversation. I gave my initial response. Are there others?

SSmith - I don't know the point of your post. Can you simplify it?
p.s. the link for the second video gives a Certs Breath Mint commercial. What should I be listening for?

I don't know why you even mention Jazz in the title. To me it's pure Beethoven, with the caveat that he probably wouldn't have used the original theme to Old McDonald, in the first place. To me there's nothing brilliant about it, just a good pianist who knows his Beethoven.

A really good blending of classical and jazz, is Ellington's Nutcracker Suite.
Youtube Video

An interesting piece that is jazz but which uses classical forms is Lalo Schifrin's Marquis de Sade.
Youtube Video

Here's a great example of a Jazz composer writing in the classical mode, but not completely. Beautiful writing and singing/playing. Maria keeps her music closely guarded, so this is a promo instead of the full recording.

Here's an interview from Maria regarding classical and jazz.

Then, there's Cecil Taylor, a guy with a deep jazz history yet morphed into a technique that incorporates contemporary-music techniques.

Not dodging the answer, but wouldn't this be a topic for another thread, both to narrow content and to call attention it, rather than burying it in a thread with a title that some people, by now, wouldn't even open?

@ROWUK said in New Player has entered the Game:

@IrishTrumpeter
My son lives and works near Cork. If Covid settles down, I may visit this year.

Getting a Jones for some Guinness.

In answering your question about the difference between piston and rotary trumpets, my answer is based on practicality. In Ireland the horns with pistons are the norm. IMO, in any place, whatever they use is what you want and the other styled horn would be for specific reasons and not for universal use. In the U.K. you want a piston-valved horn. If you eventually want to play in an amateur group, consider the following.

British styled brass bands are popular throughout the U.K. and Ireland and they use, primarily, cornets, although these bands may have small trumpet sections. If you are going to be playing in pop, or big bands, you want trumpet. Orchestras use trumpets predominantly. By that I mean symphony orchestras with strings.

But for your basic local amateur orchestra, I would just take a trip over to them and see what they are using, and ask the director if he has a preference.

@ROWUK said in Do You Prefer Classical, Jazz, Rock or Other?:
I have no specific preference, it just has to be artistically rewarding. . ".

Like Duke said, "There are only two kinds of music, good and bad."

I might add that I have often heard measures two and three played as dotted eight-sixteenth notes and not straight eights. Caution.