tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post8053724885585088111..comments2024-03-18T23:38:15.902+00:00Comments on bebop spoken here: Jazz North East/Schmazz - Olie Brice Quintet @ Jazz Café. May 31 Lancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04494856116843281101noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-84879968490184218342016-06-08T08:40:06.816+01:002016-06-08T08:40:06.816+01:00Never applauded a CD but I do now find myself appl...Never applauded a CD but I do now find myself applauding solos at rock, soul, blues, folk, whatever gigs.<br />Applause for the initial solo at Ollie Bryce I felt was genuinely spontaneous though people had hitherto been hesitant, and I thought the next applause was protocol. Ideally, applause should be for a 'good' solo rather than any solo.<br />It gets tricky when it's kids who youSteven Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-253467139614910532016-06-08T00:50:24.969+01:002016-06-08T00:50:24.969+01:00It's a tricky one. There are obvious moments, ...It's a tricky one. There are obvious moments, such as a tender ballad where, however good the solo the ambience would be lost by applause, however well-meaning. By the same token, there are some solos that it would be churlish not to acknowledge. Also, the artists themselves frequently request acknowledgement of a colleague after a solo. I remember an Alex Welsh gig where Alex would point to Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04494856116843281101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-39385817421342092672016-06-07T20:26:18.355+01:002016-06-07T20:26:18.355+01:00Thanks Paul for an interesting post. As a music l...Thanks Paul for an interesting post. As a music lover (but not a musician) I have often wondered, when successive solos are played, whether the soloist following on is miffed by the fact that the applause for the previous soloist overuns the beginning of his/her solo.<br /><br />I must admit I have sometimes thought the first person to applaud after a solo may wish others to know that they know Hughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-54354104821836720662016-06-07T20:12:57.744+01:002016-06-07T20:12:57.744+01:00I agree entirely, audiences are becoming increasin...I agree entirely, audiences are becoming increasingly confused as to when to applaud, myself included.<br />I recall seeing Esperanza Spalding, Gerri Allen and Terri Lynne Carrington at the Barbican; they operate the policy of only letting people in between pieces but the only indication the staff have is when the audience applaud and I remember hordes of people piling in following a drum solo. Steven Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-44072786024851127002016-06-07T11:24:47.949+01:002016-06-07T11:24:47.949+01:00Applause for solos? An interesting topic, and one ...Applause for solos? An interesting topic, and one where the norm (the 'protocol', as the review puts it) definitely seems to be shifting. <br />And 'protocol' is just what the practice had become; back in the days when virtually every jazz performance followed the same trajectory of theme statement, round of solos, and then back to the theme (with maybe a few fours or eights Paul Breamhttp://www.jazznortheast.comnoreply@blogger.com