[Dixielandjazz] Polina, Bach, and Pee Wee Russell (Tony Davis)

[Bert Thompson]

 I second what Tony says about the performance and the page turner.  Many thanks to Charlie Suhor for the original posting.  Regards,  Bert Thompson

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Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 19:23:50 +0000
From: Tony Davis <tony at tony-davis.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Polina, Bach, and Pee Wee Russell
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Absolutely magnificent, Charles - thank you for sharing this. But I 
fhink you're a little hard on the "stony" page turner - she has an 
awesome responsibility.? She can't afford to be carried away by the 
music; she has to become a page-turning machine :-).

Tony


On 01/12/17 07:37, Charles Suhor wrote:
> Okay, this isn?t jazz, but there are so many interesting things going 
> on, musically and visually, that I couldn?t help sharing it. The lines 
> of of the opening cadence has some great syncopations. The camera 
> captures the grace and and dazzling speed of Polina?s fingering, 
> enhanced by the mirrored panel (and her beauty is stunning). I?ve 
> always loved Bach?s counterpoint but seldom seen up close how the 
> pianist?s hands interplay in the execution. Funny aside: the stony 
> page turner reminds me of Keely Smith?so much is happening musically 
> but she?s sitting deadpan next to Polina, who?s clearly transported, 
> knocking herself out.
> The audience spontaneously applauds at the end of the movement, which 
> I really like. The mandatory concert convention of not applauding 
> until the end is as artificial as the conventional applause after each 
> solo by some jazz audiences. The whole 23 minutes is a pleasure, but 
> you can skip to the third movement at 16:00 to see Polina 
> Osetinskaya?s ferocious beauty at a peak. She?s almost levitating with 
> the joy of it.
> Relevant to this, Pee Wee Russell once said, ?A certain group of 
> guys?I don?t care where they come from?that have a feeling and a 
> rhythm that you couldn?t take away from them, even if they were in a 
> symphony organization. Regardless of what type of music they play, 
> they could feel a beat from a conductor.?
>
> Charlie
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osg_WmeLxQk
>
>

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