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Robert Crumb was interviewed for a BBC Radio 3 program where he played some records from his collection and talked about them. One song was particularly fascin
by fallinditch 2y ago
Robert Crumb was interviewed for a BBC Radio 3 program where he played some records from his collection and talked about them.
One song was particularly fascinating: a primitive attempt at the new fangled sound called 'jazz' by a French country musette band from the early 20th C.
Crumb explained that when early American jazz bands went to Paris in the 1910s, the new sounds caused a sensation when they performed in the up-market venues. So the country bands were aware of the new style of jazz but most people had never actually heard any and had to play what they imagined jazz to be, mostly based off verbal descriptions. I remember this record as a crazy sound, but brilliantly entertaining.
Unfortunately I can't point you to the song or the interview, but if anyone else can please reply :-0
- kencausey 2y agoI got as far as finding this: https://tenwatts.blogspot.com/2011/01/crumb-and-blues.html https://tenwatts.blogspot.com/2011/01/crumb-and-blues.html
- nimbs 2y agoIs this the program? R. Crumb's Sweet Shellac - Early French Jazz Before Django: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHsqAK_kJ2o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHsqAK_kJ2o You can find track list from here: https://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/71710-r-crumbs-sweet-schellac/ https://www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/71710-r-crumbs-sweet...
- fallinditch 2y agoYes, this is what I was trying to remember, thanks for the links!
- Daub 2y ago> So the country bands were aware of the new style of jazz but most people had never actually heard any and had to play what they imagined jazz to be, mostly based off verbal descriptions. This I find fascinating. Misunderstandings (i.e. partial or third hand accounts) of ‘exotic’ art forms have played a vital part in the development of western art: Picasso ‘misunderstood’ African art to produce Cubism. William Blake ‘misunderstood’ Michelangelo to produce his etchings. Van Gogh ‘misunderstood’ Japanese prints to produce his paintings.
- ahazred8ta 2y agoAnd Klezmer ragtime exists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=por54UliDmE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=por54UliDmE