It could well be an something that was fostered or developed, conciously or unconciously, through prayer, and given the mystical themes of some of Mr. Statman's albums and the emotion his playing gives voice to in his klezmer albums, music and prayer seem to exist in the same sphere for him. What i do heavily appreciate is that he can extend that same intention or expression to fiddle tunes and bluegrass.
Certainly i do think that he can pick some fine fast and clever passages, but, if it was just that i'd not have the same fascination with his music... for me its that the technical side of the playing seems to be a secondary concern, more important seems to be effort to draw upon the emotion of the material, thats what gives it wings for me. On Jun 21, 1:28 pm, Taube <taube.ma...@lang.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > It was either Oscar Peterson or Erroll Garner who always "hummed" or > vocalised while playing. Even more interesting is that the > vocalisation captured on disc was several bars ahead of what he was > playing on the ivories. It always sounds like a tuneful "eh eh eh eh > eh." I think I have a Garner 45 of "Misty", so I'll check this > afternoon. Course Mr. Statman's "chanting" could be an almost > autonomic function learned as part of the prayer process, "davening" > and chanting etc. No one stands still or quiet and just read the > Torah. > > Wee Taube > > > On Jun 15, 2:50 pm, mistertaterbug <taterbugmu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Mark, > > > I was sort of under the impression at first that Andy's vocalizing was > > > possibly a chant of some sort, but then it dawned on me(duh) that he's > > > also a very accomplished clarinet player and maybe, when he's caught > > > up in the music, that he feels the need to push air out of his lungs > > > the same way that he does when he's playing the clarinet. > > > > Taterbug > > and Mark's earlier question... > > > > > > > Also, does anyone else here vocalize when playing and does it help > > > > your playing any?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugma...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
