Piano out of tune on recording

[Roger Jolly]

Hi Allen,
             It certainly would not have been any thing to do with Dave
Brubeck's musicianship,
One of the easiest people to work with. As is my practice after the sound
check, I asked if there were any adjustments needed, re tuning /touch or
voicing. 
Because of the invitation he pointed out a few bright notes, which were
fixed for the concert. Without the invitation I doubt that any thing would
have been said.
He also was kind enough to mention to the artist dept. that he played a
great piano.
In conversation, later he related some horror stories of piano encounters. 
He is such a gentleman, that he would not like to complain. Most Jazz clubs
and recording studios are so tight for money that I think he works around
their problems.
Even in his advancing years, he is one heck of a talent.
Regards Roger








At 09:45 AM 23/02/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Bill,
>
>I've heard countless jazz recordings where the piano is badly, sometimes
>egregiously, out of tune. Especially older recordings. I'm sure that the
>budgets and priorities were unfortunately different for jazz as opposed to
>most classical recordings. And probably most jazz pianists were pretty
>accustomed to encountering out-of-tune pianos in their usual playing
>environments as well, and so perhaps didn't (or couldn't afford to?) make a
>stink about it. I have a Donald Byrd album that the tuning is amazingly,
>distractingly awful on...
>
>So I guess at least some jazz players were being forced to experiment with
>unintentionally non-equal temperaments, but not ones you would probably call
>historic. "A-historic"? Prehistoric might be a better term.
>
>Allen Wright
>Oberlin Conservatory
> 
Roger Jolly
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