Artist with a Classical/Jazz overlap

S Clark · « **on:** 2 Mar 2013, 09:45 pm »

I have picked up a copy of a ballet-- by Sidney Bechet

. When I think of artist that are both jazz and classical, Gershwin comes first to my mind. Who else is out there that blurs the divide between classical and jazz?

Scott

Carl V · « **Reply #1 on:** 3 Mar 2013, 12:00 am »

hmmm, that is a tuff one & one that will polarize many musicologists.
Certainly consider Keith Jarret's jazz group, Claude Bollings' many Jazzy
albums. Yo-Yo Ma has had some unusually interesting fusion style albums.
Don't over look some Branford Marsalis collaborations. MJQ certainly pushed
the boundries. It's a bit of a reach but Hot Club of France always reminded me
what a 18th century Quartet might sound like if it were transported to the mid 20th
century. Duke Ellington certainly bridged those worlds or genres.

S Clark · « **Reply #2 on:** 3 Mar 2013, 05:43 am »

What is the Shostakovich jazz suite like? i've never heard it.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #3 on:** 3 Mar 2013, 05:59 am »

The Gershwin Bros Porgy and Bess might fall into that category. In any event, it is wonderfal listening. You'll have to look it up. My album is with Ella and Louis Armstrong and I think it's on Verve.

jazzcourier · « **Reply #4 on:** 3 Mar 2013, 06:05 am »

Mark-Anthony Turnage a contemporary British composer has composed and recorded at least two works in collaboration with John Scofield...most recent is "scorched" and the first was "Blood".Interesting efforts that are worth a listen.One of the most famous was "City of Glass" composed by Bob Graetinger for Stan Kenton.The original Kenton recording is stiff and ponderous,but not without it's charm and adventure and later recordings of the same piece are a little more sucessful.The influence of classical music on Jazz has been there in every turn of the evolving art form from Bix Beiderbecke's "in a mist",evoking Debussy a little and Eastwood Lane alot to Eddie Sauter's arrangements for Benny Goodman and his adaption of the orchestral panorama for swing band.It just goes on and on, and i would guess you would have to include Tadd Dameron's "Fountainbleu" as well.It was not until many years after hearing, and loving that piece that i understood where it came from.I will not say here....go listen and leave your own impressions.Most Jazz artists dabbling in the Classical repetoire....kind of like Michael Jordan playing baseball.

rockadanny · « **Reply #5 on:** 3 Mar 2013, 08:06 pm »

I like these two by Claude Bolling & Jean Pierre Rampal:

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #6 on:** 3 Mar 2013, 08:37 pm »

Artist with a Classical/Jazz overlap...here's a few more...

Chick Corea....

Andre Previn...

Vassilis Tsabropoulos...(he's records for ECM)

Jacques Loussier....

Paquito d'Rivera...(started out as a classical musician)

Laurindo Almeida....

Bobby McFerrin...

An interesting article.... http://www.thetrumpetblog.com/classical-musician-and-jazz-musician-whats-the-difference/

Randy · « **Reply #7 on:** 3 Mar 2013, 09:56 pm »

Try the piano music of Nicolai Kapustin. This one has samples, but there are many other great discs to chose from if you want to try his music.

http://www.amazon.com/Kapustin-Eight-Concert-Etudes-Preludes/dp/B005OZDXKA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1362347547&sr=8-2&keywords=kapustin

Try this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p88ei-PxbMQ

S Clark · « **Reply #8 on:** 4 Mar 2013, 04:49 pm »

Nina Simone first trained for classical piano. She often puts a Bach-like bit into her jazz.

Also, Sting has an album of Dowland songs. It's a stretch for his voice, but the fellow on lute that accompanies is very good.

Alan · « **Reply #9 on:** 4 Mar 2013, 09:56 pm »

Please take a look at these two articles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_stream
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_jazz

A few of my favs not previously mentioned:
Barry Guy
Sylvie Courvoisier
Marilyn Crispell
Mark Feldman
Alex Cline
Matthew Shipp
Jenny Scheinman
Iva Bittova
Uri Caine
And the late, great Lawrence D "Butch" Morris, just passed away a couple weeks ago.

simoon · « **Reply #10 on:** 5 Mar 2013, 02:55 am »

Here's a few that I can think of,

John McLaughlin - Mediterranean Concerto (For Guitar and Orchestra)
Keith Jarrett - The Light. This has some very nice orchestral and chamber pieces.
The Celestial Hawk (Jarrett on piano with the Syracuse Symphony). I like this one quite a bit.
Terje Rydal - Whenever I Seem to be Far Away (Südfunk Symphony Orchestra). Electric guitar, acoustic bass, french horn along with the orchestra.

terry parr · « **Reply #11 on:** 5 Mar 2013, 04:47 am »

sara jane cion (jazz pianist. graduate of the new england conservatory).

european jazz trio

terry parr · « **Reply #12 on:** 5 Mar 2013, 05:34 am »

and two more before i turn in tonight:

"e. 32nd elegy" from the album EVERY TIME I THINK OF YOU by alan broadbent (the tune is a tribute to pianist lennie tristano, who's worth
checking out in his own right)

"the quiet earth" from the album LIFE ON EARTH by renee rosnes

sfdoddsy · « **Reply #13 on:** 5 Mar 2013, 10:13 am »

Stravinsky wrote a bunch of jazz flavoured stuff. As did Milhaud.

Quiet Earth · « **Reply #14 on:** 6 Mar 2013, 03:47 am »

Billy Mayerl blurs the lines between jazz, classical, and sort of a silent-movie style film score. Highly technical, sometimes heavily syncopated, yet very easy to listen to. I highly recommend the album "A Miscellany for Solo Piano".

I bought my copy here : http://www.amazon.com/Billy-Mayerl-Miscellany-Solo-Piano/dp/B001CZ6CLS/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1362541501&sr=1-2&keywords=billy+mayerl

S Clark · « **Reply #15 on:** 6 Mar 2013, 04:42 am »

Here is Nina Simone playing "Love me of let me be lonely". Jazz/Baroque

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sAbW0ONRBU

FullRangeMan · « **Reply #16 on:** 6 Mar 2013, 05:08 am »

Winton Marsalis,

terry parr · « **Reply #17 on:** 6 Mar 2013, 05:23 am »

some of the billy mayerl that i just checked out reminds me of gershwin. a couple of those tunes i would like to hear how they develop. "amber
leaves", and "forgotten forest, for piano". especially those two. btw, amazon doesn't have any sound samples up of this, but allmusic.com
does. just key in "billy mayerl" in the search box and you'll see it come up.

stravinsky has been mentioned, along with milhaud. i've heard the name milhaud mentioned before, i'm just not familiar with any of his work.
this reminds me to do a search.

debussy and ravel have influenced quite a few jazz compositions.

someone who's active today who i feel writes in a style that would be considered in this vein is billy childs. check out his latest on his website,
billychilds.com.

and, going back a bit, i'm surprised andre previn hasn't been mentioned.

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #18 on:** 6 Mar 2013, 05:37 am »

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and, going back a bit, i'm surprised andre previn hasn't been mentioned.

See reply #6 above...

terry parr · « **Reply #19 on:** 6 Mar 2013, 06:30 am »

i shouldn't have been surprised. previn was mentioned.

(and early on, too). my oversight.

sorry, lonewolf.