Jazz influenced composers and compositions

[joaosousa]

Hey,

I love Gershiwn Piano Concerto and his Rhapsody in Blue, Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances and Ravel Piano Concerto... All influenced by jazz. Can you recommend me compositions and composers influenced by jazz too?

[visitor]

I have a keen interest in This sub genre so wil try tinpot and update bit by bit
Let's get started

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[dogperson]

I have become enamored with Ernesto Lecuona, a Cuban composer and contemporary of Gershwin.  Supposedly, Gershwin stated Lecuona gave the best performance of Rhapsody in Blue.  A link is below to two of his compositions played by Lecuona, but there is a lot more on YouTube if you have any interest.  

 

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Brubeck
( this one is described as his homage to Fred Chopin)

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Nocturnes

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Siegmeister sonat

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Copeland

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Gulda prelude and fuue ( this is --to me at least --instantly recognizable as based on Johnny Bach's famous prelude and fugue in C wtc I )

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Morton
Crave

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Szpilman
Concertino ( sounds like a polish Or chopin ver Of Gershwin here)
Love this little thing

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Wild of course - those amazing etudes ( rhe kapustin op 40 seem to overshadow these at times but seen more and more in recitals and competion)
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Mayerl
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Brubeck
( this one is described as his homage to Fred Chopin)

Meant this

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Gulda prelude and fuue ( this is --to me at least --instantly recognizable as based on Johnny Bach's famous prelude and fugue in C wtc I )

[dogperson]

Vestard Shimkus My Rainbow. ,In Memory of 911

[visitor]

another great prelude based on Johnny Bach's C maj from wtc I, this one uses a cool blues scale as the foundation (then gets' quirky w/ chopsticks lol)\

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dis, just learned he has the score price lowered through July. buying this.

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these (includes the Supak)

Bill Evans - B Minor Waltz (Ada Wong)
Frederic Chopin / Michal Supak - Etude Op.10 No.12 jazz version (SY Poon)
Nikolai Kapustin - Etude Op. 40 No. 4 (Kobe Ip)
Charles Trenet / Alexis Weissenberg - En Avril, à Paris (FY Koon)
George Gershwin / Earl Wild - The Man I Love (Lawrenza Lau)
Nikolai Kapustin - Impromtu Op. 66 No. 2 (Grace Cheng)
Alexander Rosenblatt - Christmas Fantasy (Eugene Tse)

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[philolog]

I'm very fond of Leszek Mozdzer's CD, Chopin Demain, on Opus 111. Very imaginative "takes" on various Chopin pieces that I think most would enjoy. Unfortunately, I don't know how to post any of the tracks (there might be some on Youtube: isn't everything?) If anyone does investigate, I'd be curious to hear their opinion.

[joaosousa]

I have become enamored with Ernesto Lecuona, a Cuban composer and contemporary of Gershwin.  Supposedly, Gershwin stated Lecuona gave the best performance of Rhapsody in Blue.  A link is below to two of his compositions played by Lecuona, but there is a lot more on YouTube if you have any interest.  

 

I knew him already.. He is one of my favorite composers!

[dogperson]

I knew him already.. He is one of my favorite composers!

  Sice you like Latin music,
You might want to look at Srties de Angel by Ernesto Piazzolla

[rubinsteinmad]

Kreisler-Rachmaninoff: Liebslied (especially the way Rachmaninoff plays it)
Kapustin: A lot of pieces
Gershwin: A lot of pieces
Trenet-Weissenburg: Chanson Coin de rue; En Avril au Paris;
Confrey(Is he a jazz musician influenced by classical. or a classical musician influenced by jazz/ragtime?): Lots of pieces;
William Bolcom- Lots of pieces;
Fred Hersch- Lots of pieces;
Godowsky - Paraphrase on Chopin's Minute Waltz

[visitor]

oops almost forgot about this one. Score is published by the same kids handling his other works. Schott has always been at the top of my list on good quality stuff. highly recommend.
groovy shenanigans on that little C minor prelude

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[diablobtm]

Nikolai Kapustin - Sound of Big Band, op. 46

and

Nikolai Kapustin - Variations, op. 41

I don't know why these pictures are so weird