Jazz for aficionados
Pryso, they were doing what they always did when in Japan; they played to the audience. If you listen to any jazz album you can find that was recorded live in Japan you will hear "showboating"; that's because the Japanese liked that kind of playing. Miles never played songs too fast when he was at home, why did he play it too fast in Japan? |
Pryso, the comment I'm about to make is not about this artists music, (the music is good) but watch her exaggerated movements; this is what jazz is in general over there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIYIAuwzsGQ Notice how this tune starts out "normal" but in the middle they jazz it up and break out into some "showboating" jazz; that's what they like in Japan and that's what they give them; sometime it's overdone. Playing tunes too fast might be such an example. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-T0c3FDEkM |
The OP is correct, as he sometimes is, on this. ANYTHING western is a great curiosity there, and if it's done by black folks, it becomes THE THING. When ever I see / hear Jazz played in Asia, I think, another great performance wasted on foreign ears. To them, its a sign they are wealthy and have become a rich / important nation in the world. They can import Miles. How cool is that. It's a prestige thing. Reminds me of a DVD I once ordered titled 'Ray Charles In Brazil'. Now that just had to a killer DVD. We know what Ray brings, then we think of Rio, Babes, Carnival etc...... How can it miss? Well, it remains the worst DVD I have ever purchased. Performed on a nondescript high school like stage in front of the then ruling Junta, and their 'ladies'. It was a prestige thing. So as Ray and the Raelettes did their best, the audience just sat there like stone soldiers. Big Time foreign entertainment, esp American, is seen as proof that a country has 'arrived' in many parts of the world. Cheers |
Today’s Listen: Ella Fitzgerald / Duke Ellington -- ELLA FITZGERALD SINGS THE DUKE ELLINGTON SONGBOOK Ella sings with small groups and full orchestra. 2CD set. Excellent booklet with pictures. I could have posted them all, it’s that good. 37 total tracks. All the Jazz greats play on this session. Too many to list. with orchestra, check the Trumpet playing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mB45AIHJ04&list=OLAK5uy_kfU4X2p8rBHukodapKaobAgzPJRe4410c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMz01jD1634&list=OLAK5uy_kfU4X2p8rBHukodapKaobAgzPJRe4410c&index=4 with small groups https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-XCw8dlrxQ&list=OLAK5uy_kfU4X2p8rBHukodapKaobAgzPJRe4410c&index=15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83L8ol-SYnQ&list=OLAK5uy_kfU4X2p8rBHukodapKaobAgzPJRe4410c&index=20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xikVWnJVgc&list=OLAK5uy_kfU4X2p8rBHukodapKaobAgzPJRe4410c&index=24 Ain’t got it, git it. Cheers |
