[Dixielandjazz] Aaron Weinstein and Tedd Firth

[Marek Boym]

You are right - I have not only heard of Aaron Weinstein, but also his
playing - he was in Caesarea a few years ago, with "Statesmen of
Jazz," and held his own admirably!  And even before, we  (my friends
and I) had some recorded samples of his playing.  Let's just hope he
stays with jazz!
And right again - I have never heard Tedd Firth; perhaps Il'' get the
chance one day.
Cheers

On 23 January 2012 15:18, Donald Mopsick <dmopsick at gmail.com> wrote:
> Some of you may already be familiar with the playing of 26-year-old
> Chicagoan (but now New York-based) violinist Aaron Weinstein, but you
> should also know about the 35-year-old NY pianist Tedd Firth. Both of
> these gentlemen are champions of the old school, swinging kind of jazz
> favored by many on this list. I played a great concert with the two of
> them last Friday night for the Jazz Club of Sarasota (Florida for
> those not in the USA). Aaron is a prodigious talent on violin and
> mandolin, writes outstanding arrangements, and has a very funny act.
>
> Between tunes, Aaron did some funny bits. For example, he read a quote
> from a book by Truman Capote, "..as out of place as a violin in a jazz
> band." Then threw the book clear across the stage. We then proceeded
> to play his arrangement of "A Sleepin'  Bee," by Harold Arlen and
> lyrics by Capote.
>
> Aaron's sly humor also came across in his charts. For Frank Loesser's
> "Moments Like this," he juxtaposed the second ending of "Moment's
> Notice" by John Coltrane, but didn't call attention to this or any
> other such subtleties in his arrangements, just slipping them in
> sidewise into the presentation, perhaps "too hip for the room."
>
> His arrangement of "Lady Be Good" featured the entire historic Lester
> Young solo written for fiddle and piano.
>
> One further note: the hall, where the Sarasota Symphony plays, held
> 300 people and was packed. The band was completely acoustic except for
> a mic for public address. Even without an amp, I found myself often
> laying back. It was like playing a classical chamber concert that
> swung like crazy, even at low volume and slow tempo,
>
> Read this nice review of the concert here:
>
> http://artssarasota.com/2012-01-22/section/concert-review-aaron-weinstein-energizes-the-american-songbook/
>
> Aaron has gotten rave reviews and nice feature articles in the New
> York Times, Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere. He is starting to get
> lots of nice concert dates worldwide. Well-deserved, I say, for this
> "rising star" of old-school jazz.
>
> mopo
>
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