It was either Oscar Peterson or Erroll Garner who always "hummed" or vocalised while playing. Even more interesting is that the vocalisation captured on disc was several bars ahead of what he was playing on the ivories. It always sounds like a tuneful "eh eh eh eh eh." I think I have a Garner 45 of "Misty", so I'll check this afternoon. Course Mr. Statman's "chanting" could be an almost autonomic function learned as part of the prayer process, "davening" and chanting etc. No one stands still or quiet and just read the Torah.
Wee Taube > On Jun 15, 2:50 pm, mistertaterbug <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mark, > > I was sort of under the impression at first that Andy's vocalizing was > > possibly a chant of some sort, but then it dawned on me(duh) that he's > > also a very accomplished clarinet player and maybe, when he's caught > > up in the music, that he feels the need to push air out of his lungs > > the same way that he does when he's playing the clarinet. > > > Taterbug and Mark's earlier question... > > > Also, does anyone else here vocalize when playing and does it help > > > your playing any? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
