Classics Meet Jazz Arr Korn Bk/Cd

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This volume contains a wide selection of famous musical themes from Bach to Carl Orff. Some of them were originally written for the piano; most have had their scores carefully arranged to make them easy to play on the piano. Each piece is followed with a jazz interpretation, which can either be played alone or alongside the 'original' version. Perhaps this will show that the 'classics' are not all that far removed from jazz, & that music of earlier periods contains many of the essential characteristics of jazz. Doesn't Lully's ' Gavotte', for instance, contain one of the most famous jazz themes ever? The ' Blue Gavotte' may make this clearer. The theme from Mozart's Sonata in A major (K 331) doesn't require many rhythmic changes to give it a blues flavour (' Mozart Goes Blues'). The driving rhythm of the ostinato bass in Carl Orff's 'O Fortuna' would suit modern jazz-rock performers well, with a few small changes ('A Fortune for a Tune'). What do Bizet's ' Habanera', Brahms' ' Hungarian Dance No. 5' & Paganini's ' Caprice No. 24' have in common? Why have they been turned into salsa music (' Habanera con Cigarro', ' Hungarian Salsa No. 5', ' Capriccio Latino')? Much of this is up to the individual: if you want to discover similarities, they are easy to find. It is difficult to convey a jazz interpretation through musical notation alone, so a CD has been included
- not to demonstrate the only possible interpretation, but to offer ideas & suggestions.