[78-L] Grappelly.

Howard Friedman hsf318 at comcast.net
Wed Oct 22 07:18:11 PDT 2008


>> I much prefer Venuti's habit of staying somewhere near the written melody, 
while GrapeJelly wanders all over the place in self-indulgent trills and 
tricks.
Even in old age, Venuti tended NOT to pretend he knew better than the 
composer - he embellished & stretched & 'swung' the piece, without trying to 
make up his own tune.<<

Hmmmmm!  I thought that was what jazz was all about!   Louis, PeeWee, Jelly Roll, ad infinitum?

Howard




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