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Originally Posted by ALB
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04-13-2022 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by pingu
Mel Torme "live at the Red Door". verse and all; Fly Me was indeed written as a waltz.
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There is a long tradition for many musical styles to present songs that an artist liked from another genre by reframing it within the nuances of their particular style.There has also been in jazz an evolving international confluence. For instance, in the 70's there was a NYC band called Taksim that played a hybrid jazz music mixed with Mediterranean influences with virtuoso oud player. Also it was pretty common within various fusion music and progressive rock music to play in mixed and shifting meters.
At some point it became a more prominent thing to reframe standards in different metric scenarios. To me this is just an extension of what has always been done. As this caught fire within jazz academia, it has now become a required skill set within some musical circles.
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Originally Posted by j4zz
It also reminds me of someone back then asking the rhythm of 'Trane's Ole', and someone else saying it was a ' sprung ' rhythm.
All I could think of after hearing or reading that was Trane telling the other payers " Here's the rhythm - - call it whatever time signature you want,, but play it right ! " : )
Just my 2 cents....
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What does it for me is when they keep changing the meter - as in "Golden Brown". Or even the Beatles "Don't Bring me down" with one longer bar thrown in.
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