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"the Trad. Jazz comeback"

Matthew Fluxington

20:32 / 09.01.02

quote: Finally, Q has asked me to predict the future; namely, what's up in 2002? So here goes: the whole Britpop crew, tired of seeking inspiration from the halcyon mid-'60s, will go back even further. That's right, trad jazz will make a comeback. Bands will add horns and banjo players; the clarinet will be the sexy instrument teenagers are playing. The most widely uttered phrase in interviews across the land will be: "There has always been a trad jazz element to our music."

I can't fucking wait.

- Peter Buck in Q magazine

Oh man, it would be great if this were true, and not just for comedic value, mind you...

grant

13:41 / 10.01.02

Squirrel Nut Zippers?

The Return Of Rothkoid

13:52 / 10.01.02

Are they still a going concern? I note that the lead guy - Mathmus? - has a solo album out. As does Katharine Whalen... not that you can get it over here...

And yes, there should be more banjo and clarinet in music. ALL music.

Saveloy

14:12 / 10.01.02

F***in'ell, he's a bit out of date with that "Britpop crew" business, isn't he?

Bono says: "2002 will see all those American grungers getting bang into show tunes. Kurt Cobain will appear as Shirley Bassy in 'The King and I'. Good ol' Kurt, he's been a bit quiet recently, hasn't he? What's he up to, eh? Anyone know?"

But yes, there must be banjos and accordians and TROMBONES! Could you put distortion on a trombone?

The Return Of Rothkoid

14:33 / 10.01.02

quote:Originally posted by Saveloy:
Could you put distortion on a trombone?Miles Davis did it with a trumpet: why the fuck not?

Matthew Fluxington

15:14 / 10.01.02

You can put effects on anything so long as you either line it through an effects box, or mic it through an effects box. Or you can run sounds through filters/plug ins on various computer programs.

Me, I'm a huge reverb nut, so nearly everything I record has some level of reverb or echo on it...

Matthew Fluxington

18:02 / 10.01.02

I think what Peter is thinking of is some of the songs off the last two Radiohead records, namely "You and Whose Army?", "Life in a Glass House", and "The National Anthem"...

grant

18:43 / 10.01.02

quote:Originally posted by Saveloy:
But yes, there must be banjos and accordians and TROMBONES! Could you put distortion on a trombone?

Ska bands use 'em all the time. I remember this great Gainesville ska-ish band called "Tone Unknown" - the trombone player had the words "Tone Bone" engraved in the bell of his horn so they looked like inset diamonds.

We do need more of that in pop music, though.

The Return Of Rothkoid

09:05 / 11.01.02

As long as it's not in the form of Area 7's "quirky" cover of "Take On Me", then yes, we indeedy do.

faintwhitelights

13:27 / 11.01.02

flux i love you for your endless use of reverb and delay.

and yes trombones will make a comeback. i am seriously considering getting one so i can play again. that damn beautiful instrument.

Saveloy

13:56 / 11.01.02

Brass instruments in general are the dog's knockers, they're used a fair bit in pop but they're rarely quite BIG enough. Pop stars need to listen to more Billy May. There was a documentary about him on Radio 2 the other night (part of a series called 'The Arrangers' - next week it's Neil Hefty, of Batman Theme fame!). He worked with Sinatra and did a rocking arrangement (maybe THE arrangement?) of 'The Man With the Golden Arm'. Apparently his thing was the saucy, swooping sax - you know, big bands going brrrrWOW-ow-ow-ow in a dirty crime scene stylee. He didn't invent it, but he took it to the limit, used it in an over the top kinda way. THAT, is what we want MORE of. Only bigger, if possible (and not some horrible R Williams style cheesy pastiche).

[ 11-01-2002: Message edited by: Saveloy ]

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