Klarinet Archive - Posting 000711.txt from 2000/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Jazz artistic achievement [was, Peplowski continued]
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 23:37:19 -0500

At 07:36 PM 12/12/2000 -0600, Roger Garrett wrote:
>Compositionally or creatively? They aren't the same thing. John Coltrane
>could be viewed as an equal to Beethoven in many ways - and Beethoven could
>be viewed as lesser in many ways. But, as with all creatively inspired
>things, it is often best not to say, "this is better because........." It
>is simply different and requires a different musical and aesthetic
>approach. It also requires an understanding that is far deeper than a
>simple appreciation that another musical genre exists.

It should be noted that, in his day, Beethoven was considered to be a
brilliant improviser at the piano. While he did not use "jazz" rhythms as
such, the other aspects of improvising performance, using rhythmic,
melodic, and harmonic variations on the presented themes, whether his own
or others', cannot be greatly different from what jazz players do today.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
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