Feldman's piano

[Avery]

I "believe" that Ed Foote does a LOT of HT's with jazz. Right, Ed?

Avery

At 07:28 AM 3/25/2007, you wrote:
>Anne,
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>I think I can imagine what Madison is like - perhaps a bit like Ann 
>Arbor? Also, I'm not surprised by the quirky aesthetic you mention. 
>That seems to be what the show is about, and one of it's charms. 
>Off-the-cuff, out of left field...
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>The duo (sorry, I mistakenly said trio before) has that sort of 
>lounge-y sound, like you've wandered into a club where the piano 
>doesn't get tuned very often. It's a pretty old school style of 
>playing, and yes I agree, a bit of a spikey style (good word for 
>it). I can see why Feldman and his producers might like it. I mean, 
>they might want to seem sort of downhome, friendly and approachable 
>(given the format of the show), but in a hip way. And I would 
>imagine that classic piano jazz format by now has a basically 
>unthreatening sound to most people, but by putting the piano in 
>meantone, it adds a bit of edge. It does make sense that would be a 
>conscious choice, in an environment like that.
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>Best regards,
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>Allen Wright, RPT
>London, UK
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>On 25 Mar 2007, at 12:49, Anne Acker wrote:
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>>If you know Madison, Wisconsin, you would understand.   There it is 
>>not an imposition, it is a request.  The pianists love it.   This 
>>used to be my scene years ago, and I remember how much they loved 
>>it when they first heard and had the tuning done for them.
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>>I would also blame the sound quality partly on the room miking and 
>>overall acoustic, since Feldman's voice isn't too well covered 
>>either.  I suspect they like the feel of it.  One of my old friends 
>>is one of his facts researchers, and the aesthetic all around is 
>>quirky by design.
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>>Besides,  I hate the way that pianist plays, and come to think of 
>>it THAT is why the piano is out of tune all the time.  He has a 
>>particularly "spikey finger" style of playing.  .  I always have to 
>>turn the show off during the music sections, home town or no.
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>>Wow, the mind boggles. That's so interesting; the dealer imposes
>>meantone temperament (on a jazz trio, no less - with all the
>>chromatic haarmonic stuff going on) and nobody thinks that's odd, or
>>questions it?! I wonder how the pianist feels? (Who knows, maybe he's
>>an adventurous sort of jazzer, and thinks it's bizarre and
>>interesting - he does sound like an easygoing sort, when Feldman
>>engages him in conversation). I'll definitely have to listen to that
>>show again   : )
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>>Now I'm really wondering whether it was the tuning or the temperament
>>that I heard as being "off" somehow.
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>>Cheers,
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>>Allen
>>On 25 Mar 2007, at 02:44, William R. Monroe wrote:
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>>>The dealer likes it.  No other reason I know of.
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>>>William R. Monroe
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