Fw: On the turntable tonight

[david lowther <dlowther...>]

Uneducated listener that I am, I might have walked out too.  Great musician
that he is, much of Andy Statman's work leaves me unmoved.  I think in
pushing the envelope you make a few boners along the way to create good
stuff, like the Klezmatics, who turn out brilliant pieces along with ho-hum
ones, but you don't want an entire CD or concert of bad.  It's worth sitting
through a few boners to hear the great compositions and arrangements.
That's just my opinion.
Mary
----- Original Message -----
From: "BlackMonk" <BlackMonk (at) email(dot)msn(dot)com>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: On the turntable tonight


>
> > I guess what gets me is the difference between musicians who feel that
> have
> > to deconstruct and pulverize the tradition to make music of meaning
>
> The musicians I like don't necessarily feel they have to. They just do it
> because it seems like a good idea.
>
> Once I saw Andy Statman playing with a more traditional Klemzer band,
> Kapelye, I think.  Statman's went on first (I think it was the Andy
Statman
> Klezmer Orchestra. It was before the current trio) and they played what I
> thought was brilliant free form Klezmer-influenced music.  Unfortunately,
> this wasn't the audience for that and people started walking out. Halfway
> through the set, they noticed the walkouts and switched to more
traditional
> klezmer music, which they played equally well.
>
>

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