Re: Comparing Incomparables (and some Tango)

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

Ingemaar wrote:
>Wolf wrote:
>
>
>> 'tuli was known to often play with his back to the audience, so that
>other
>> clarinetists could not cop his fingerings.
>
>True, but he made records, and -- as the Klezmer Revival has proved -- it's
>certainly possible to copy him by ear. As the outstanding musician he was,
>Brandwein must have known this. Thus, his approach might have been more
>like Miles Davis' doing the same thing -- a way to keep a distance to his
>audience. 
>

A few years ago I saw guitarist Bill Frissell in 2 seperate shows, about a
year apart. He did the same thing- back to the audience.
                EK

---------------------- jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org ---------------------+