Tue 3 Apr 2007
“This work was originally written for a large dance band, the way you hear it here. This isn’t “Symphonic Jazz.” It’s authentic 1920′s style – completely different from the bloated “violins and cellos” versions that we’re used to hearing. You can hear the banjos in this version. Gershwin plays the piano part and the performance is fast fast fast.”
Il vinile suona meglio del CD, è vero, ma anche la gommalacca dei vecchi 78 giri può riservare grosse sorprese.
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Link: Rhapsody In Blue Part 1 (1924) (Internet Archive).
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[...] Giavasan continua instancabile a scandagliare l’internèt in cerca di bizzarrie da segnalare. Oggi ha scovato una versione fast fast fast e a dir poco cazzeggiona della Rapsodia in Blu di George Gershwin, che ad ascoltarla distrattamente sembra che stiano dando i cartoni di Tom e Jerry nell’altra stanza. [...]
3 April 2007 @ 19:36