I thought I saw that in a TH-cam video (once). Some jazz players like myself will improvise the 1st hundred times through a chart, then switch to a basically written set of phrases to reliably play through the vagaries of the bar-gig situation, if you see what I mean.
@abmsghost Have you seen the scores of Kapustin's opus 87 "Seven Polyphonic Pieces for the Left Hand"? The tempo markings are not to be sniffed at, haha.
On that showing, Kapustin certainly was totally at home in the big band idiom. I wonder if his piano solo was improvised. If not (and his solo there sounds prepared) are there any recorded examples of him improvising Jazz? Do you have a date for this recording? Graham Lyons
15 years later... Yes the solo is prepared and written down in manuscript beforehand. Date of recording should be around the early-mid 1960s which was when this work was written along with several other now missing pieces
Without any doubt one of the greatest ever jazz pianists, and a superb unique composer.
I've also read somewhere that Kapustin himself didn't like improvising and preferred to "compose" instead. Can't remember where, though.
I. Love. Nikolai. Kapustin.
It is indeed. It is from the LP Melodiya D 027931-2
I thought I saw that in a TH-cam video (once).
Some jazz players like myself will improvise the 1st hundred times through a chart, then switch to a basically written set of phrases to reliably play through the vagaries of the bar-gig situation, if you see what I mean.
@abmsghost Have you seen the scores of Kapustin's opus 87 "Seven Polyphonic Pieces for the Left Hand"? The tempo markings are not to be sniffed at, haha.
On that showing, Kapustin certainly was totally at home in the big band idiom. I wonder if his piano solo was improvised. If not (and his solo there sounds prepared) are there any recorded examples of him improvising Jazz?
Do you have a date for this recording?
Graham Lyons
15 years later... Yes the solo is prepared and written down in manuscript beforehand. Date of recording should be around the early-mid 1960s which was when this work was written along with several other now missing pieces
beautiful!!!
This video is older than me lol
everywhere you are
Is it possible to get the CD or DVD of this great work plus other Kapustin's Big Band recodings?
is the theme an original?
what i wouldnt do for a modern day recording of this
A Bu is here