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Re: Vibrato

Thank you Clair for an excellent reprimand on my comment. No, i'm not being
facetious, your arguement and logic is by far the best i've read in a long
time.
I have reconsidered my original statement and do recant any derision that may
have been implied. (None was meant BTW)

Norm



Clair Tomalin wrote:

> > Andy Wooler said:
>
> > > - the Redbridge CD "close enough for jazz"
> > is closer than most
> ----------------------------------
> >> Norm Harris said:
>
> > >Don't you just love condescending remarks like 'close enough for jazz'.
> Maybe
> > >that band should have called it 'as close as we'll ever get' instead of
> the
> > >dismissive derisive put down on jazz as an art form. (Tautology, yeah, i
> know)
> > -------------------------------------
>
> I may be reacting too seriously to your comments, but these are my initial
> thoughts when I read them:
>
> Hopefully you'll have heard the CD before making such sweeping comments
> about an alternative title!  Through the appeal of the pieces included on
> this CD, Redbridge has managed to obtain a wide spectrum of interest from
> people both involved and uninvolved in the brass band scene - surely any
> positive move to promote a wider acceptance of the brass band movement
> should not be met with derogatory comments from 'one of its own' (an
> assumption based on the fact that you are on the BB mailing list)?
>
> Admittedly, if directly compared to original jazz configurations of the
> CD's content there could be room for criticism by some regarding band
> configurations/arrangements - but what Redbridge have achieved is to put
> the all too familiar image of the 'local brass band at the village fete'
> into retirement, and replace it with a more exciting insight into the
> flexibility of the brass band, where even people who would not normally
> contemplate purchasing a brass band CD are drawn towards it because of the
> appeal of its content, and maybe even curiosity derived from the title.
>
> The standard of playing should also not be ignored.  As Andy Wooler
> pointed out this CD "is closer than most" - in fact, IMHO I believe it to
> be one of the best collections of this type of music in one CD by a brass
> band that is available today.
>
> This list has been dealing with many topics including the evolution and
> future development of the brass band movement - surely approaching
> different musical forms is part of that development?  It surprises me that
> attempts to further the versatility and public acceptability of the brass
> band is being dismissed as some sort of poor attempt to recreate another
> musical form.
>
> Not wishing to state the obvious, but feeling it's necessary on this
> occasion :) ....... the title "Close Enough For Jazz" is a humorous play on
> words - it's an obviously well known phrase (and I don't believe the jazz
> fraternity would
> really look at it as a 'put down') which helps to establish the jazz
> content, but then, combined with the fact that a brass
> band, rather than a jazz band is performing it results in a rather clever
> title which I believe offers a very snappy marketing tool - I bet more
> people took a look at it because
> of its title than if it had been called, for example, "Jazz played by a
> Brass Band"!
>
> I appreciate that specialists of musical forms are very protective of their
> favoured environment, just in the same way as some bandsmen on this list
> have been fighting off suggestions of including french horns in the brass
> band configuration over the last couple of weeks - but IMHO, I cannot see
> what is wrong with offering a different angle on an accepted style of
> music.  No-one has tried to say that "Close Enough For Jazz" is as
> good/better as the real thing, it simply offers quality playing of brass
> band arrangements of popular jazz pieces - a different perspective on an
> accepted theme.
>
> If we're not careful, you'll soon be saying we shouldn't be playing
> anything other than original brass band music as it is impossible to
> recreate, for example, the original sounds of orchestral classics.  Surely
> music should not be limited by such restrictive boundaries? A good example
> of this is illustrated in the BB arrangement of "Riverdance" - it doesn't
> sound like the original because of the instrumentation, but it's still
> exciting, it's still effective, it's still entertaining and it still
> provokes great audience appreciation when it's performed - it's not wrong,
> it's just different.
>
> Just so you know, I'm not the founder of the Redbridge Fan Club or
> anything, I just felt disappointed with your attitude.
>
> CLAIR TOMALIN
> Flugel, KM Gillingham Band
>
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