He makes a point. However, from personal experience, being able to play like he does in the "simple" example requires a deeper understanding in music. You need to know the piece and how the melody & harmony moves in the song, being able to hear melodies in your head over the song and anticipate how a note might sound over the next chord. Plus it requires some form of confidence in the style you are playing. Vague overplaying is very much a result of lack of confidence, like a chef drenching food in balsamic vinegar.
I have nothing against Steve Allen, but why is he here? He's not even interacting with Bill Evans or his brother. If you were to cut out Allen's comments completely from this program the program would not lose a modicum of it's value.
Steve Allen made a comparison to the Beach boys and such, saying that Bill Evans' more truly artful than those, although that's subjective of course, and I love Bill Evans' music and jazz. But I wonder, did Steve Allen have a reputation for being a snobby person? Because I've heard that before, and also...isn't this kind of box thinking a bit regressive? I know Steven Allen wasn't very young here, and he's been dead for quite some time, but y'know.
BartReedMusic Bill is rhythmically melodically and harmonically on a hell of a much deeper level than for example Triny Lopes, Beach Boys etc! Not everyone has the ability to hear it though because you have to be be interested and versed in rhythm melody harmony. Steve Allen was absolutely no jazz snob, he only stated facts!
pleximanic Considering that most popular music artists can't imagine something beyond standard chords and 4/4, yeah. Personally I'm very interested in going beyond those boundaries and I totally agree with Evans' statement that music should seem like it's being played for the very first time (I'm paraphrasing) - and I just heard that Allen was snobby, I couldn't really find anything else than anecdotal ''proof''
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Bill was so wise,I got to know him again.He's intelligent and elegant ! That's what Miles loved about him.
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He makes a point. However, from personal experience, being able to play like he does in the "simple" example requires a deeper understanding in music. You need to know the piece and how the melody & harmony moves in the song, being able to hear melodies in your head over the song and anticipate how a note might sound over the next chord. Plus it requires some form of confidence in the style you are playing. Vague overplaying is very much a result of lack of confidence, like a chef drenching food in balsamic vinegar.
I have nothing against Steve Allen, but why is he here? He's not even interacting with Bill Evans or his brother. If you were to cut out Allen's comments completely from this program the program would not lose a modicum of it's value.
Steve Allen made a comparison to the Beach boys and such, saying that Bill Evans' more truly artful than those, although that's subjective of course, and I love Bill Evans' music and jazz. But I wonder, did Steve Allen have a reputation for being a snobby person? Because I've heard that before, and also...isn't this kind of box thinking a bit regressive? I know Steven Allen wasn't very young here, and he's been dead for quite some time, but y'know.
BartReedMusic Bill is rhythmically melodically and harmonically on a hell of a much deeper level than for example Triny Lopes, Beach Boys etc!
Not everyone has the ability to hear it though because you have to be be interested and versed in rhythm melody harmony.
Steve Allen was absolutely no jazz snob, he only stated facts!
pleximanic Considering that most popular music artists can't imagine something beyond standard chords and 4/4, yeah.
Personally I'm very interested in going beyond those boundaries and I totally agree with Evans' statement that music should seem like it's being played for the very first time (I'm paraphrasing) - and I just heard that Allen was snobby, I couldn't really find anything else than anecdotal ''proof''
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