\n(Yesterday.)
\nDave Brubeck’s jazz quartet (4 white-haired old men) and the London Symphony Orchestra. Pleasant enough to listen to, and all well played, but ultimately just not very interesting. I was on the verge of falling asleep during the second half of the concert.\n<\/p>\n
\nI don’t understand the point of adding a symphony orchestra to a jazz band… It took away most of the raw energy of jazz and smoothed it out to mellow “easy listening” music. And it feels like a bit of an insult to the orchestra. If you’ve got 25 violins, it’s a waste to have them all play the exact same (and rather simple) score – which is also the same as the score for the trombones and the cellos.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe only piece where the orchestra sounded really good was one that had originally been written for symphony orchestra & jazz band.
\nAnd the only piece that felt really alive was the encore, totally free from symphony. At least it ended well!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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