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Which do you prefer?
It's a tune I've only recently rediscovered because of those two videos.I remembered a version on one of CD's played by Buddy Defranco:
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He takes the basic tune and right from his first breathy line weaves a hypnotic sound.
(Tatum is rampant in the background, no doubt on purpose, and he let's rip in his solo.
My favourite part is 5.15 to 6.05 when they're like two butterflies fluttering together in the sun.
Buddy is sublime)@AndyD said in Piano room humidity min/max:
Which do you prefer?
The second one, where she's wearing the black dress. Also love the Tatum version. I mean, it's just a great song...
The first time I heard Memories of You was in a 1950s movie, The Benny Goodman Story. No, I'm not old enough to have seen it as an original release in a movie theater; I watched it on DVD with my Mom.
Goodman played the clarinet for the movie soundtrack.
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I returned to this thread to discover the postings of "Memories of You" recordings, which I really enjoyed. The Tatum version was a bit too ornamented an improvisation for my taste after listening to the two pretty straight recordings with only slight ornamentation. I Iiked the Goodman better, but it was very short and sweet.
Watching all four in a row reminded me of something I sometimes do on YouTube when I search for a favorite song by title. Usually, I find a number of covers by different artists and, if I'm in the mood, I'll listen to the version I was looking for and then a couple of other ones for variety.
Big Al
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I returned to this thread to discover the postings of "Memories of You" recordings, which I really enjoyed. The Tatum version was a bit too ornamented an improvisation for my taste after listening to the two pretty straight recordings with only slight ornamentation. I Iiked the Goodman better, but it was very short and sweet.
Watching all four in a row reminded me of something I sometimes do on YouTube when I search for a favorite song by title. Usually, I find a number of covers by different artists and, if I'm in the mood, I'll listen to the version I was looking for and then a couple of other ones for variety.
Big Al
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@wtg That's the video.
The GASongbook is all I need too, a wealth of melody and harmony, and my daily fix.
Of course I'd love to be able to play Rach the way Gilels can, his playing of prelude 5 shows how! And I occasionally try, deafening the dog
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But Yuja playing Rach concertos 2 and 3 is beyond my skill.To some extent I'd have to take issue about the quality of a piano ever being sufficient, in that an even better/best instrument will surely encourage practice and musicality.
A Grotrian grand would be a lovely partner to our Bluthner B, talk about 1st world luxury.@AndyD said in Piano room humidity min/max:
Of course I'd love to be able to play Rach the way Gilels can, his playing of prelude 5 shows how! And I occasionally try, deafening the dog
Ah, yes, I used to massacre that one also, but it's been a very long time...
If the dog is looking for a change, maybe try the op 3 no 2 in C# minor
Or pick one from here:
Link to videoIt's a live recording.
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Browsing YouTube brought up this rendition of "After You've Gone" by Emmet Cohen and friends:
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Wistful songs are a staple of the Great American Songbook.When I play, it's very likely to be something similar. One of my perennial favorites is this (I brought it to Kluur's Chicagoland piano party):
I noodle through a stack of sheet music now and then as well, some I inherited from my father and some I bought myself.
Big Al
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Wtg
Benny Goodman... my wife bought a cheap clarinet earlier this year and I'm hoping she'll play like that
But then I got her a really fabulous Iwao flute some years ago and she's no James Galway.Thanks for Lukas Geniuasus. He is the nearest to Gilels I've heard. Did he play all the preludes one after the other live?
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Big Al
That music you posted...
I learnt Oscar P's solo version of Isn't it Romantic
And the Steinway Standards version of My funny valentine (vol 6?)
And can fumble through the other two. Lovely tunes.I can't play fast jazz other than learnt ragtime. My limitation...
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Wtg
Benny Goodman... my wife bought a cheap clarinet earlier this year and I'm hoping she'll play like that
But then I got her a really fabulous Iwao flute some years ago and she's no James Galway.Thanks for Lukas Geniuasus. He is the nearest to Gilels I've heard. Did he play all the preludes one after the other live?
@AndyD said in Piano room humidity min/max:
Thanks for Lukas Geniuasus. Did he play all the preludes one after the other live?
Yes, apparently he did.
https://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2015/Dec/Rachmaninov_preludes_PCL0078.htm
He is the nearest to Gilels I've heard.
There may be a reason for that.
I stumbled upon an interesting bit of trivia about Lukas' grandmother and teacher, Vera Gornostaeva, while diving down into some internet rabbit holes....
Vera Gornostaeva was born in 1929 and studied in Moscow with Heinrich Neuhaus, who also taught Richter, Gilels and Radu Lupu.
And Gornostaeva, in turn, taught Gilels' daughter Elena.
https://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2015/Feb/Gornostaeva_piano_1012.htm
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Here he is doing the complete Chopin etudes.
Link to videoGenerally speaking we Lithuanians have a lot of stamina.
However, our piano playing skills vary widely.
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Vera teaching a 10 year old Primakov.
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That woman becomes a part of the piano.
She sits and is simply fabulous, what touch.
My old piano teacher was a bit like her, you'd never guess this kindly 80 year old had such talent. She'd sit and suddenly become a concert pianist.Suddenly I was reminded of Barenboim materclassing Lang Lang
