Christopher Smith wrote:
On Apr 30, 2007, at 6:19 AM, dhbailey wrote:
Darcy James Argue wrote:
I compared the Frank Sinatra and Keith Jarrett recordings of "In The
Wee Small Hours of the Morning." I admit that I was stunned at how
closely Keith's phrasing of the melody resembled Frank's -- I don't
think most people would ever think of Frank Sinatra as an influence
on Keith Jarrett.
That's an interesting statement -- I would think just the opposite:
That there would be very few jazz musicians of the later half of the
20th century who *weren't* influenced by Sinatra.
Heh, heh, now we're into interesting territory. I have heard many jazz
musicians (particularly black American jazz musicians) criticise a
phrasing of a melody by saying it was too "Frank Sinatra." I suppose
avoiding sounding like something is being influenced by it, so you may
be very right.
And also such statements need to be taken with a grain of salt because
often people will deride something which is very popular as not possibly
being artistic simply by its very popularity and treat such things with
disdain, while secretly wishing they could reach as many people as the
artist they cite in a derogatory manner.
As you say, negative influence (trying not to sound like a particular
artist) is as much influence as positive influence (trying to emulate a
particular artist.)
--
David H. Bailey
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
_______________________________________________
Finale mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
