when they say violin can't play jazz

[@aidansilber2028]

As someone who's teaching jazz to some violins and cellos, thank you for giving me something to show them

[@zonedutopia]

Monsters Inc. soundtrack could be something

[@mtdnelson]

Just introduce them to Stéfane Grappelli, surely? 😂 (Or Didier Lockwood, Dorado Schmitt, etc.)

[@tomgxz]

Zach Brock from snarky puppy is an exceptional jazz violinist. You should check out his solo on the album version of 34 klezma, or this version of lingus which he soloed over kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnvEZYqKecyAfLc could be useful :)

[@callumwalsh6184]

Also Zac Brock's violin playing on some Snarky Puppy stuff like 34 Klezma

[@tjenadonn6158]

Check Jean Luc Ponty (extensive solo career as well as playing with the likes of Frank Zappa and Chick Corea,) Jerry Goodman (really prolific but is most famous for his work on Mahavishnu Orchestra's first three albums) and David Cross (more of a rock violinist, most famous for his work with King Crimson in the 1970s.)

[@emmbeesea]

Any instrument can be used to play jazz if you just believe hard enough!

[@ILoveHighNotes]

Кроме гобоя.

[@henzwang]

Even mayonnaise

[@nontendiswotch7937]

yeah mate i love playing a bit off jazz euphonium

[@macomputersuck]

What about bagpipes?

[@mikechad27]

​@@henzwangah, beat me to it

[@Alekskauff]

Legends say this violin gave birth to a fiddle shortly after the solo

[@brytheguy4429]

Finally some representation for my instrument in this genre!! Thank you George

[@noahyudkin5458]

Have you heard of stephane grapelli? Look him up, absolutely wonderful player

[@tjenadonn6158]

Look up Frank Zappa's album "Hot Rats." Features absolutely top tier playing by Sugarcane Harris and Jean-Luc Ponty, both of whom are titans of jazz violin. Mahavishnu Orchestra also featured amazing violin work from Jerry Goodman on their first three albums "The Inner Mounting Flame," "Birds of Fire," and "Between Nothingness and Eternity." More recent acts like the jazz-prog-metal-who really knows ensemble Thank You Scientist and electroswing legends Caravan Palace are keeping jazz violin in the zeitgeist.

[@viscose_matt]

@@noahyudkin5458 Man Stephane Grappelli is incredible, all of his stuff with Django is gold, and I really enjoy his album with Michel Petrucciani.

[@DeathAngel1029]

@@noahyudkin5458Stephen Grapelli, Regina Carter, Karen Briggs, Didier Lockwood, John Blake 😍

[@Moderrnclassic]

@@noahyudkin5458yo facts bro. Guys a legend.

[@makenzileg]

Every solo from this performance is phenomenal! Definitely one of my favorite renditions of this tune!

[@musicaspiringto]

Just anotha day of George putting Twoset out of business

[@TheCosmicFluke]

"Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session" and Stephane Grappelli & Django Reinhardt's Djangology are 2 EXCELLENT albums filled with the best examples of strings playing jazz that have ever been recorded.

[@Tyler12905]

Literally how the hell is he even doing that

[@AcidSpitter783]

It just takes practice

[@AggroSamurai]

​@@AcidSpitter783captain obvious strikes again

[@thewiddler1746]

When you rub the bow on the strings it makes a sound. Literally

[@peterlane7042]

He's definitely sliding in and out of notes. My understanding is that due to the high tension of the strings, you can't really bend notes.

[@aidench3.14]

With all due respect to Mark, the actual melodic line he is playing is very, very simple. The beauty lies in his musicianship and improvisation. He simply adds a few glissandos (slides) as he plays

[@Yakushii]

Then he busts out some blues to prove them wrong?

[@EstamosDe]

😅

[@SebastianLucumi-Music]

I’ll never understand why some people think some instruments, “can’t play jazz.” I can almost understand that statement theoretically as some instruments that are played only in singular keys will be severely limited when some tunes modulate through multiple key centers-but even then you can improvise rhythmically like many percussionists do.

[@joshuajayne8926]

I played in a lead sheet inspired type university jazz band for 4 years with a 2 violinists at one point. One of them was the main drummer so he only played occasional solos.

[@realraven2000]

Mark was incredible. Really enjoyed his wonderful playing with Steve Morse’s Dregs.

[@toddandentredje8510]

To be fair violin is quite an accomplished instrument in Gypsy jazz and have been for a while. For example the early recordings of Django Reinhardt. But it is nice to see it get some more recognition 😊

[@Tyler12905]

I swear it doesn’t even sound like a violin half the time

[@Propernoob56]

it sounds like a violin bro you trippin

[@quandabulous_g_official1937]

@@Propernoob56nah at the beginning it sounds like a soprano sax and towards the end it sounds more like a guitar with the triplet patterns 💀

[@cultistsash]

Sounds like a fiddle.

[@yolocomics5468]

What kinda violin u been listening to 😂

[@____Cookie____]

Might I introduce you to the fiddle

[@nomannic1]

If a bass violin can be used for jazz, so can a soprano!

[@Miglow]

It's funny how people, musicians, jazz musicians don't recognize violins can do jazz. There are great examples of jazz fiddle featuring on Louis Armstrong tracks. Gershwin writing jazz music for symphony orchestra. Theres literally whole genres, like Western Swing, or Hot Club Jazz where jazz violin is a not just present, but a cornerstone of the genre.

[@mandiocatostada3859]

that's why they separate violin and fiddle even though they are literally the same instrument

[@Kishuy]

Yeah, I still dont understand the separation and I've been playing violin for 10 years now

[@gianluigiciambriello7999]

Mark O'Connor is phenomenal! He's a bluegrass master, a very creative composer and arranger and just incredible when improvising. As a classical violinist myself, his renditions of Bach's solo pieces are at least very interesting and captivating, as he integrates fiddle technique in the repetitions imitating the embellishments of the baroque period. Furthermore, his own Caprice for solo violin dedicated to the legend Yehudi Menuhin was a mandatory piece in Menuhin Competitions some years ago. This, I think, is the powerful connection music should bring among different genres and musicians!

[@BiteMaster-dm8ip]

I love how the tune swings between fiddling and jazz

[@fernandoprates6367]

If people say that, all I can say is: Stepháne Grapelli, Don "Sugarcane" Harris and Jean-Luc Ponty

[@Miglow]

Ahem *cough* Vassar Clements.

[@niwinicole1821]

THANK YOU FOR TRANSCRIBING THIS

[@bessie8612]

Show me an instrument that can’t be used in Jazz and I’ll show you a lack of imagination

[@p_mouse8676]

Just play anything from Stéphane Grappelli and you know how jazz sounds on a violin!

[@harro9634]

nuff said

[@Miglow]

That's not just Grapelli. It's a whole genre, Hot club jazz.

[@mtdnelson]

​@@MiglowYeah, and there are plenty of great violinists in that style, but Stéfane Grappelli was the one who created it, along with the Hot Club.

[@Miglow]

@@mtdnelson props to Grapelli. But he gets his due. I see a dozen comments mentioning him. How many have mentioned other successful jazz violinists like Regina Carter?

[@KenneyCmusic]

Mark learned from Stéphane Grappelli in the 80's

[@CleanfieldArvid]

If you say that you've obviously not listened to Snarky Puppy enough, Zach Brock's playing with them is terrific!!!

[@korayyy440]

Nobody... says that?

[@kevinfredericks2335]

When someone says a violin can't play jazz, it's a sure sign a violin bullied them mercillesly in middle school

[@AshArAis]

There's a podcast called Centuries of Sound, so each episode is recordings from one specific year. (Early episodes were a couple of years together as there were so few recordings). There was a lot of jazz featuring violin in the early 20th century recordings. It just wouldn't be my cup of tea if I had a choice of other instruments to play jazz.

[@KirbyFanDude]

Okay let's be real, who even said that? I don't think anyone worth listening to actually would gatekeep jazz like that

[@isaacthomas6544]

Right, like hot club jazz is right there lol

[@Alceste_]

Probably some classical folks, heh.

[@nilsniemeier5345]

​@richardharrold9736Or Stuff Smith. Or Joe Venuti.

[@minephlip]

A really good trombone player who played a lot of jazz gigs actually told me that when I showed some interest in joining a performance with my violin, and his friends pretty much all agreed that the violin doesn't belong. Guess they were just wrong, this sounds amazing. But to be fair to them, it turns the sound more into a fiddle/country style, away from more pure jazz I guess

[@NotFine]

​@@minephlipwell some instruments fit the traditional jazz style and some don't But don't let that stop you lol

[@el_raiki_mestizo]

Yeaaaah, great solo man, very amazing

[@mikechad27]

I accidentally clicked the video and I seriously thought it was a sopranino sax solo.

[@eltedioso]

Do people still really believe that violins don't belong in jazz? What about banjo? Clarinet? Tuba? Lots of the early jazz instruments got pushed out in the big band era and bebop, etc., and don't end up in high school or college jazz ensembles anymore. But so what? They're part of the roots and legacy of the genre! And have people never heard Western swing? That's basically just big band jazz with vocals and violins (or, as they probably call them, "fiddles"). Literally any instrument can be part of any genre if the player has sensitivity, chops and style. But the violin in particular can definitely belong in jazz, and I didn't know that was even controversial!

[@user-vy3yp4km8k]

is it just me or does this sound like a harmonica to anyone else

[@JackTRMusic]

stephen grapelli type violin

[@TheSpiritOfLatios]

Dude slides are so much fun on violin! I totally recommend learning to play music with them. A good one I've played is called Waltz of the Wicked.

[@Magnavox-1972]

Is that John Batiste on piano?

[@marybanbog3954]

Yup!

[@bjorn-falkoandreas9472]

So I was not going insane! Looks like him having a whale of a time.

[@missy1806]

I would never have thought of a violin playing jazz music. Brilliant!

[@Wintermute0168]

Wow...yer so brave to admit it!

[@missy1806]

@@Wintermute0168 Are you being serious or sarcastic? Soz but it's hard to tell via chat lol

[@Wintermute0168]

@@missy1806 sorry, the stupidity got to me, i'll edit.

[@missy1806]

@@Wintermute0168 Now you have really confused me lol Either way I don't mind what you think or write. They are you're own opinions regardless, and you have as much right as anyone else to write them 😀

[@Wintermute0168]

@@missy1806 Have you heard Stephane Grapelli or Joe Venuti or Jerry Goodman? Famous, iconic Jazz VIOLINISTS!😎

[@naturally_rob]

The only time I've seen a violinist jump up and down like that as they played was at a bluegrass show. Spectacular!

[@broccolee4328]

I forgot his him, but he was a bluegrass/fiddle champion when he was a kid and now he composes technically challenging contemporary pieces for Yehudi Menuhin competitions and some other prestigious violin competitions.

[@edwinpascua2653]

You nailed it bro!

[@mrdaytoons]

*Charlie Daniels intensifies*

[@carle563]

Amazing job by Jud.

[@TwinflamesInSurrender]

Never adapt to someone elses belief systems. You are the creator of your reality. I had to learn this the hard way.

[@MarsC02]

Can you transcribe Oblivion performed by Adam Rapa? His playing is on another level

[@quandabulous_g_official1937]

All the people in these comments just now realizing violin is used a lot in New Orleans and Texas swing music is concerning

[@yvonnelessick9880]

Stephan. Grapelli. Plays. A. 🎻 violin. In. His. Jazz. Music. So. It. Can. Be. Done

[@gpateire]

Legendary Jon Batiste on the keys. Making the Batiste family and all of NOLA proud!

[@Tarthh]

I can hear country music and jazz at the same time

[@izzymcgdog7653]

I think it's blues right?

[@LJMadrigalMusic]

same here.. Can't unhear country when a violinist plays like this..

[@sicilianmammalian]

I've seen violin parts in jazz scores, there's also people like Jean luc ponty who bridges genre gaps

[@kosherre6243]

We said violin cant play jazz, and so he played us like a fiddle.

[@TylerSwain-v7m]

Violins trying Jazz sounds like blue grass to me

[@mediawolf1]

I mean... Anyone who thinks violin can't play jazz NEEDS to listen to either of the two amazing albums Jean Luc Ponty recorded with George Duke in 1969 "Live at Donte's" and "The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio." Mind. BLOWING.

[@mdhbigdog]

And before that was Jean-Luc Ponty's 1972 masterpiece album, "Sunday Walk."

[@Danloreee]

Wait until you hear about a game called Bioshock, sound track go crazy with violin and jazz

[@jakkob5488]

bluejazz

[@LewisWanjia]

Everybody enjoyed that

[@ollysombrero8427]

He's good! But this is like playing doom metal with an oboe.

[@griffindrucker5712]

I want to see that now lol. I know there’s a way to make it work, probably with effects pedals or something.

[@qfmarsh64]

If it exists, George will find it. (I think that's Rule 35.)

[@ytpanda398]

There is a video somewhere of someone covering necrophagist songs on a bass clarinet. It's amazing

[@007Thananat]

Mark O Connor 👏👏

[@derbyd10]

Oh please! Joe Venuti, Mark O’Connor, Stefan Grapelli, Johnny Gimble, Larry Franklin, Kenny Sears, Joe Spivey with the Time Jumpers. Hoot Hester, Tiny Olsen, and more.

[@Plantbosses]

He was the only one sweating

[@VoltageVoltaire]

This is fantastic! Does anyone if there is piano sheet music for this and at what measure the piano starts playing with the violin?

[@Wintermute0168]

What ignoramus says that? What about Stephane Grapelli?! Joe Venuti?! Jerry Goodman?! WTH? C'mon Man!? What about Alice Coltrane playing jazz on a classical harp? No- one played jazz on Any instrument before jazz was invented.

[@JBlackjackp]

Congratulations you’ve just discovered Texas swing

[@perpetualMess.]

It’s fiddle time folks

[@IzzosPlace]

Aw make it talk don. Make it talk.

[@sonnyblu6299]

Well... Jump Blues... or Swing... early Chubby Checker New Orleans R&R... I thought I was going to hear some diminished and chromatic lines.

[@SlowfingerJC]

Stephane Grappelli is the jazz violin GOAT!

[@BichoCR7siuu]

Awesome 😮😍

[@4r31senfann]

I LAUGHED BAD, HELPPPP

[@49mrbassman]

Is that Mark O'Connor on violin. I love his "In the Cluster" blues.

[@musicayaudio]

Somebody said bluegrass?

[@1.4142]

You can play jazz on anything.

[@jean-lucpicard3012]

Even mayonnaise?

[@Inbydev]

wow

[@randomguy0047]

why does this sound wild west ish

[@G.TranscriptionsAndDidactics]

In my channel the jazz violin is a MUST

[@KenneyCmusic]

Mark learned jazz violin from Stéphane Grappelli in the 80's

[@itamarbar9580]

Seriously, can someone start using Paganini techniques in jazz solos?

[@zinckensteel]

hands of god on the piano there

[@Caleb-zl4wk]

Let's see Paul Allen's guitar

[@mx.yellow]

this is just a regular Tom & Jerry episode

[@polakhomie]

PREACH!!!!!!!!!!

[@trollerpilotxiv3079]

When you realize jazz and country have the same origins

[@viktordagger9671]

Said no one ever... Guess you've never heard of Stephan Grapelli?

[@banobo]

gave me the stank

[@BlessingEzeokeke-t9i]

Waw so thrilling

[@potapotapotapotapotapota]

it's like honky tonk jazz though

[@holdeenyo8914]

violin can't play jazz, this is a fiddle solo duh...

[@Sui0Generis]

As long as an instrument can play notes or produce a beat, it can play any genre. It's the musician's lack of creativity that puts limits to the instruments.

[@lovescarguitar]

"jazz violin" just sounds like country music

[@zarubinsingh6109]

I think I remember being at a concert where Jon Luc Ponty played a jazz violin. c.e. 1970ish

[@314jake]

Zack Brock would like a word

[@Canadian169]

Stéphane Grappelli was an extraordinary jazz violinist!

[@LaurenceMartinSask]

He sure was!

[@kirikei]

Cant simply put labels on instruments

[@Kuya1991]

sound like some woodys roundup type

[@ДмитрийЯкушев-с4к]

Навсегда одним из самых любимых альбомов Дюка Эллингтона будет его jass violin session. ❤

[@FrogToTheFrog]

Jazz Manouche.. There’s a whole genre of jazz violin... Who is saying violin can’t play jazz?

[@DeathAngel1029]

Jazz used to be part of the ensemble before the big band era and the violin was drowned out

[@FrogToTheFrog]

@@DeathAngel1029 Jazz manouche experienced a resurgence in the mid 1970s... Also the genres coexisted. It’s not like one drowned out the other. Violin in jazz didn’t end when Jazz left the ensemble

[@Officialencode]

gyat damn

[@clementdenis4212]

A wise man once said "wrong notes, aka jazz". Seen that way, violin is the jazziest instrument.

[@buraktopal1299]

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[@onlinemusiclessonsadamphil4677]

WOW

[@K-R-O-L]

Any Stéphane Grappelli tune

[@CalHarding01]

holy fucking shit