Conlon Nancarrow | Study No. 21 | arranged Trumpet+Bassoon

[OceanderTethyseus]

asses

[jazzlover10000]

So nice that the trumpet player gets to slow down after all that sliding around on his mouthpiece. A for effort.

[AEFic]

I have to agree, this is a nice idea, but if you don't follow any of the notes, it's no longer a canon, it loses the structure, and it's more of "this is an improvisation that's kind of like the idea Nancarrow used for that one piece". I mean, it really doesn't even sound like there was an attempt at note accuracy.

[EricSuarezTrumpet]

its super technical. Notice how the bassoon Speeds up as the trumpet slows down thru the entire piece. It's interesting. As for right notes or a certain key.. I have no freakin clue. Listening to the original im sure it was just impossible to play it right. Nancarrow just went mad

[Yatras1]

i really really really really really really really really really liked that!

[paigevquinn]

i can't breathe.

[SidewalkFrequencies]

nice try, but nothing like the original.

this sounds more like Anthony Braxton.

[TrangOul777]

That's fantastic. xDD

[deadlyvicinity]

brilliant i love it!!!!!!conlon nancarrow was a genius

[violinrudy]

well I guess some folks at first glance would feel this is "bad" because it doesn't fit into the typical category of music that they are used to hearing. If you listen carefully you will begin to appreciate the nuances of this very difficult piece. You've got syncopation in some areas and different time signatures that are near impossible to line up and not to mention the ever changing tempo.

This is a good example of how great music can be found even in weird, seemingly "ugly" pieces too. :)

[lorenzarthur91]

I doubt that the bassoon player is able to play 111 notes per second at the end... check out the real version, which I uploaded...

[ernestodarien]

It's got to be a joke... It's got to be.

[airborne2448]

That's... horrible.

[flimi]

what a acrobatic right hand job for the bassoon!!! :-s

[captaincardboard]

I uh... I... really... liked it.

No idea why, but its great!

[sandome]

Arranged???? No, disarranged!! If you would at least tried to play ONE single correct note! But even it looks you never saw the score!!!!

[whoitisnot]

This music may just be a bit foreign to you. The original piano version is also posted - check it out. There's also a bit of background about the piece and the composer in the description of that clip as well.

[sandome]

No, not foreign. I was Nancarrows Assistant for three years and I know this studio better than my bed. I mean, its funny what they do, no problem man, but Nancarrow NEVER wrote those notes, and its IMPOSSIBLE to play a 54 note canonic melody, in which the final note desapear in each repetition BY MEMORY. Also its IMPOSSIBLE to play the tempo radios just like that. To complicated for humans. IMPOSSIBLE

[aliciaelpolloloco]

@sandome so that's why we have to try

[gestrumpet]

@sandome dear sandome,

thanks so much for explaining to me that this is not correctly arranged. I, too, have a large pole inserted in my anus, so it is extremely difficult for me to understand humor. Without people like you, I would never understand any complexities of the world.

[SikoNamias]

@gestrumpet now I see: humor is in crisis, simple sarcasm is nowadays used as argument and you are the king of psychoANALsis.

[africkle1]

@sandome Though your point is valid, make coherent thoughts before owning people.

[conig1203]

u guys stink

[sankofu]

nice performance!

[alyssacroacia]

Terrific!

[teachercec]

pues es muy bueno xq toca sostenidamnte

[raypizzi]

Very cool, Great concept.