when they say violin can't play jazz
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Published 2023-08-06
Original video: • Second Line (Joe Avery's Blues) - Wyn...
Performed by: Mark O'Connor & Wynton Marsalis Quintet
Transcribed by: BA
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All Comments (21)
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As someone who's teaching jazz to some violins and cellos, thank you for giving me something to show them
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Any instrument can be used to play jazz if you just believe hard enough!
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Legends say this violin gave birth to a fiddle shortly after the solo
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Every solo from this performance is phenomenal! Definitely one of my favorite renditions of this tune!
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Finally some representation for my instrument in this genre!! Thank you George
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"Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session" and Stephane Grappelli & Django Reinhardt's Djangology are 2 EXCELLENT albums filled with the best examples of strings playing jazz that have ever been recorded.
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Just anotha day of George putting Twoset out of business
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Literally how the hell is he even doing that
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Then he busts out some blues to prove them wrong?
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I swear it doesn’t even sound like a violin half the time
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I played in a lead sheet inspired type university jazz band for 4 years with a 2 violinists at one point. One of them was the main drummer so he only played occasional solos.
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To be fair violin is quite an accomplished instrument in Gypsy jazz and have been for a while. For example the early recordings of Django Reinhardt. But it is nice to see it get some more recognition 😊
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I’ll never understand why some people think some instruments, “can’t play jazz.” I can almost understand that statement theoretically as some instruments that are played only in singular keys will be severely limited when some tunes modulate through multiple key centers—but even then you can improvise rhythmically like many percussionists do.
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Mark was incredible. Really enjoyed his wonderful playing with Steve Morse’s Dregs.
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It's funny how people, musicians, jazz musicians don't recognize violins can do jazz. There are great examples of jazz fiddle featuring on Louis Armstrong tracks. Gershwin writing jazz music for symphony orchestra. Theres literally whole genres, like Western Swing, or Hot Club Jazz where jazz violin is a not just present, but a cornerstone of the genre.
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If a bass violin can be used for jazz, so can a soprano!
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that's why they separate violin and fiddle even though they are literally the same instrument
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Nobody... says that?
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Just play anything from Stéphane Grappelli and you know how jazz sounds on a violin!
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Do people still really believe that violins don't belong in jazz? What about banjo? Clarinet? Tuba? Lots of the early jazz instruments got pushed out in the big band era and bebop, etc., and don't end up in high school or college jazz ensembles anymore. But so what? They're part of the roots and legacy of the genre! And have people never heard Western swing? That's basically just big band jazz with vocals and violins (or, as they probably call them, "fiddles"). Literally any instrument can be part of any genre if the player has sensitivity, chops and style. But the violin in particular can definitely belong in jazz, and I didn't know that was even controversial!
