Jazzed Classics
Sir, —"1.5. T. first commits the rather silly error of lumping jazz in with rock ’n roll and twist. Jazz music, a finely beautiful creative art which is fully appreciated by such eminent men of music as Bernstein, Stravinsky, Milhaud,' etc., has little to do with the inane prattlings of the mass seducers of Tin Pan Alley. “1.5. T. then protests against the modernising of the music of “Choppin” and the nineteenth - century romantics. Surely a melody so rich as Chopin’s Waltz No. 6 in D flat major can stand a little “kidding around,” even on the pop scene. Provided one keeps an essential sense of fundamentals, “jazzing classics” can be fun. —Yours, etc., JAZZ SI. ROCK NO. August 21. 1963.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30216, 22 August 1963, Page 3
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