Frogman, here's nice clip of Valery and big band;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gHgrMU_Ijo
Enjoy the music.
Jazz for aficionados
Frogman, here's nice clip of Valery and big band; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gHgrMU_Ijo Enjoy the music. |
****No one would choose the noise makers. So, If Ellington is not the best, it's between the last three on the list. And it's close!**** Rok, we are all entitled to our opinions and to have favorites; but, to proclaim a "best" as a truth outside the scope of personal preference without being truly comprehensive is pointless. To omit Bejamin Britten, Richard Strauss (one of Mingus' faces), Bela Bartok, Maurice Ravel, Sergei Rachmaninov, Aaron Copland, Francis Poulenc and others while including Glass belies a limited understanding of the subject; sorry. Glad to see Gershwin on your list, 'though. Very underrated as a serious composer; perhaps due to the wonderful accessibility and tunefulness of his music. |
****while including Glass belies a limited understanding of the subject; sorry****** Don't be sorry for me, be sorry for the BBC. I just copied a few of the ones they named. You pros need to get on the same sheet of music. How else do you expect us Unwashed to learn anything?? :) http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20141015-20th-centurys-10-best-composers Cheers |
**** here's nice clip of Valery and big band;****** The question I have is this: Does this audience in Switzerland know who wrote this tune?? Do they think it's an original of this so-called big band? That's the danger of this type of thing. Young folks will think Jazz started the day they first heard Jazz. They might even think wow, what a tune, and have never heard Dizzy play it. Food for thought. Cheers |