Classical musicians play a solos for 45 mins before any applause Do jazz\ players really need so many ego boosts??
2007-07-01 08:13:45 · 8 answers · asked by melindamay 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Jazz
This is a good question! But you are very un-informed: I have never heard a classical musician play a 45 minute solo! Never even heard of it. Anyhow, the applause does destroy the mood sometimes, but jazz soloists are individuals and can be separated out for special appreciation for a GOOD solo. I don't applaud "every 2 bit solo" and I don't think the audience should either. A lot of times the audience "goes along with the crowd"-- if someone claps, they all think it is time to clap. The first person to clap might be a personal friend of the musician or just someone who heard something special in what was played. If you, or others, did not get touched by the solo, don't clap.
Please note that not all jazz performances are like that, with clapping between each solo. Some performances lend themselves to frequent clapping, but many don't. When things are structured to allow frequent clapping, the next soloist and the rest of the band are just timing things out to start improvising AFTER the applause dies down. Thus, the mood is NOT destroyed.
Remember in a jazz performance. the audience is PART of the music. The musicians respond to the feedback of the audience. They are affected by the "tensions" in the room. Everything that happens during the playing is part of the performance! It is spontaneous and NOT planned or written out. So the applause is incorporated to the playing!
Jazz musicians are the original "performance artists"! This is why a live performance may be "approximated" but NEVER duplicated! Even if there are yahoos and yokels in the audience who don't know when or whether to applaud, it is all part of the show. Enjoy!
2007-07-01 08:44:28 · answer #1 · answered by David A 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, but jazz solos are improvised, that is what makes it jazz in the first place. Classical solos played to music that has been written. Jazz solos are played according the feeling at that time. If solos are not improvised then it just plain and simply is not jazz even though it may sound like it with flat notes, rapid moves up and down the scales etc. That does not make it jazz. Guess people appreciate the inventiveness and skill, although you may not. Anyway, apart from all that, it's great to know that people are still listening to jazz, and carry on.
2007-07-01 15:22:44 · answer #2 · answered by trouble_906 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is actually proper etiquite to clap after a solo is played for any length. I've played in a jazz band for three years and perfomed many times. I have learned that clapping after a solo is actually really helpful to the musician on stage. When people would clap for me i really got into the song after that was really grovin, which made my performance better. Clapping also serves as a grading system. The louder the clap the better you know you did. So its not because people like clapping or because they want to ruin the song (actually clapping is a part of the song and is necessary to a good performance) but they want to show proper etiquite and appreciation to the musician on stage.
2007-07-01 17:22:11 · answer #3 · answered by Tenor Sax 101 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where I live, there is a jazz club every week. Have been a couple of times when someone I know plays, but there is a definite clique there. I think they clap after every other note to give the impression that they and only they truly apprecciate jazz and understand what is going on.
2007-07-02 15:55:11 · answer #4 · answered by caroline 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have to agree with you, it seems to have become the normal thing now. My Grandson plays guitar in a trad band doing gigs in the local pubs and it happens all the time. Ok if it's a really awesome solo which does happen sometimes but not every solo is exceptional. Nice to know yhere are still some followers of real music though. Good luck and enjoy.
2007-07-01 15:34:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
i think it has more to do with many of today's jazz 'fans' have that rock show mentality...hootin', hollerin', givin' the 'devil horns' signs...they don't know how to appreciate good music in a respectful manner...
2007-07-01 15:28:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
argh... i really hate that, you go to a concert/performance to listen to it and all the muppets in the crowd start that stoopid clap along with the music so you can't hear it.
2007-07-01 15:23:01 · answer #7 · answered by AidyA 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
thats crazy , i wonder that to, so I will be watching your answers to figure for myself
2007-07-01 17:24:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋