![]() “In the 1920s, in the ’60s and ’70s, today – it’s still about love and drinking and dancing.” “Not much has changed,” he says of the lyrical content of pop music. And it had contempt for rules, which really appealed to me.”īradlee began his career as a jazz pianist during high school with a standing gig at a local eatery he began his career as a pop-cultural provocateur during high school with a “this might be cool” ragtime medley of classic rock songs. “I started wondering, ‘Where does this come from? What else sounds like this?’”Īsked what appealed to him about the popular music of the 1920s, ragtime especially, he says, “I could play it fast and loud. ![]() “I got the sheet music and taught myself how to play it,” he recalls. Then, at age 12, Bradlee heard “Rhapsody in Blue” and was forever changed. He took piano lessons, but they didn’t take. Which isn’t to discount the importance to Bradlee’s development of Michael Jackson’s “Bad,” the vinyl incarnation of which was, he says, “the first album I ever loved.” That was when he was six, growing up in Pattenburg, New Jersey, where he moved at four from Nesconset, New York. This proximity of Bradlee’s outfit to Waller is particularly fitting the former, a self-taught jazz pianist, considers the latter, an innovator of the Harlem stride style who helped lay the groundwork for modern jazz piano, a key influence, as is Jellyroll Morton, James P. Bradlee himself will tell you, simply, “I reimagine a song in another style because I want to hear it that way.”Ĭlearly, so does everyone else, as evidenced by PMJ’s presence on concert stages (stateside and abroad) and Billboard’s Jazz Albums chart, where its self-released 2014 opus “Historical Misappropriation” landed in the Top 10 alongside John Coltrane’s “Offering: Live at Temple University” and “All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller.” But as far as the fans are concerned, it’s just fun (and sometimes funny). He’s manifesting postmodernist ideas in his approach to production and business as well as music. He’s educating his audience about 20th-century song styles he’s commenting on the elasticity of the pop form he’s confounding cultural context he’s uniting generations he’s breaking the rules. Miley Cyrus’ “We Can’t Stop” assayed as a doo-wop number Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ “Thrift Shop” tricked out in flapper jazz Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me” rendered a 1940s big-band standard. The madness: pop hits of the present performed à la pop hits of the past. On the surface, the method is video – clips of full-band performances (that’s Bradlee on piano) shot in the bandleader’s living room with a single stationary camera. Most of those doing the viewing, however, are not fully aware of the method to Bradlee’s madness. ** Single print order can either print or save as PDF.The work of Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox has been viewed on the ensemble’s YouTube channel well over a hundred million times. If "play" button icon is greye unfortunately this score does not contain playback functionality. Simply click the icon and if further key options appear then apperantly this sheet music is transposable.Īlso, sadly not all music notes are playable. Ed Sheeran)' can be transposed to various keys, check "notes" icon at the bottom of viewer as shown in the picture below. * Not all our sheet music are transposable. When this song was released on it was originally published in the key of. Be careful to transpose first then print (or save as PDF). If your desired notes are transposable, you will be able to transpose them after purchase. If you selected -1 Semitone for score originally in C, transposition into B would be made. This means if the composers started the song in original key of the score is C, 1 Semitone means transposition into C#. ![]() If it is completely white simply click on it and the following options will appear: Original, 1 Semitione, 2 Semitnoes, 3 Semitones, -1 Semitone, -2 Semitones, -3 Semitones. You can do this by checking the bottom of the viewer where a "notes" icon is presented. Most of our scores are traponsosable, but not all of them so we strongly advise that you check this prior to making your online purchase. If not, the notes icon will remain grayed. If transposition is available, then various semitones transposition options will appear. In order to transpose click the "notes" icon at the bottom of the viewer. After you complete your order, you will receive an order confirmation e-mail where a download link will be presented for you to obtain the notes. This week we are giving away Michael Buble 'It's a Wonderful Day' score completely free.
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