Christopher Smith wrote:
On Apr 3, 2008, at 12:13 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
All I am saying is that a works suitability for reinterpretation
(whether its arranging, covering, remixing, making mashups, or
something else entirely) bears absolutely no relation to its quality.
Few people have tried to cover Coltrane's _A Love Supreme_, and those
that have tried have all failed very badly, in my estimation.
Even Kenny Wheeler's version? It's pretty good, IMHO.
Though I completely agree with the sentiment.
Christopher
Then it's a pretty poor piece of music, if it depends more on the
personality of the performer than the quality of the music. I don't
think this is a poor piece of music, I think it can survive
reinterpretation quite well, as long as you don't compare the
reinterpretation to the original by Coltrane. That would be like
faulting the New York Philharmonic for not sounding like Beethoven's
original orchestra when they perform Beethoven's 5th Symphony.
A piece of music needs to be able to survive on its own, in my opinion.
If not then it's just a performance and once the performer dies, the
music dies.
I think that perhaps if you had never heard Coltrane's original, you
might actually like some of the re-interpretations. It's a great piece
of music which will last long beyond Coltrane's original recordings.
--
David H. Bailey
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