Klarinet Archive - Posting 000115.txt from 2010/10
From: "Shaw, Tim" <Tim.Shaw@-----.au>
Subj: Re: [kl] Goodman/Bartok/Contrasts
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 01:16:10 -0400
PS: (& apologies for typos) - Schuller's "The Swing Era" is brilliant, but since he was a young musician during the era, he sometimes gets overly nostalgic (I think he overrates the later Ellington band among others).
By contrast, "Early Jazz" contains pure and sensible unbiased analyses.
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From: Shaw, Tim [Tim.Shaw@-----.au]
Sent: 19 October 2010 15:55
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Subject: Re: [kl] Goodman/Bartok/Contrasts
Thanks Tony, - Even better, *first* get hold of Schuller's earlier book called "Early Jazz".
It's a great antidote to all the rubbish that's been written on the subject by musical illiterates.
(For example) his discussion of the early Ellington "jungle" band and Bubber Miley (the trumpeter) in particular, who "made" its whole sound (for example) is absolutely brilliant.
At some point Schuller mentions that he was aiming for a trilogy .. still waiting for third volume.
I've necver come across anything involving Schuller that wasn't absolutely first-rate, and he's been involved in a huge diversity of musical activities.
cheers
Tim
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From: Tony Pay [tony.p@-----.org]
Sent: 19 October 2010 15:33
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Subject: Re: [kl] Goodman/Bartok/Contrasts
On 18 Oct 2010, at 23:27, Shaw, Tim wrote:
> PS: Disappointingly, Schuller merely mentions Goodman's Bartock commission in the chapter devoted to Goodman in his book "The Swing Era".
> FWIW, I think that that book remains one of the most intelligent and (possibly only) musically literate analyses of the swing era published to date.
Thank you, Tim, and others who replied to my question.
I shall certainly get hold of Schuller's book. I remember playing Martino's Triple Concerto with the London Sinfonietta and him conducting, and was amazed at his detailed knowledge of this complex score. And this in a man who was responsible for introducing me to Scott Joplin...
Tony
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