Klarinet Archive - Posting 000666.txt from 2000/05

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Related to...Bass Clarinet, Transpositions
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 18:21:02 -0400

On Sat, 13 May 2000 22:58:01 +0100, I wrote:

> Good and committed classical musicians in fact tend to play
> jazz-oriented compositions with too much rather than too little
> enthusiasm, I'd say.

I think this may be more true in the UK than in the US. It's a bit like
our overdoing an American accent. Though Americans overdo English
accents too, there isn't (unfortunately) a good musical analogy.

I also belatedly realise that I passed over your:

> > ..."classical" musicians who pride themselves on being able to
> > reproduce a work according to its composer's intentions certainly
> > should be able to master a jazz conception...but they have to be
> > willing to try!

...without acknowledgment: it's a very real problem, even if the problem
I encounter is usually the opposite. Well said.

Tony
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