The classic movie "The Pianist on the Sea" released in 1998 was popular all over the world and won 22 various awards. After 21 years, it finally made its debut on the mainland big screen with a 4K repair version.
, as a movie with an IMDB score of 8.1 and a Douban score of 9.2, "Sea Pianist" has naturally produced many classic scenes. For example, the revolving piano at sea, the love at first sight through the porthole...
But the most exciting is the fragment of a piano fight between the protagonist 1900 and a black jazz musician:
Although the whole movie "The Pianist on the Sea" is a drama that is emptied of history The characters in the play are almost all fictional, but the image of this black musician is real in history. Who is the musician who played the piano with
in 1990?
His name is the same as in the play: He is an early American jazz pianist, band leader and composer.
In New Orleans at the beginning of the 20th century, a large number of black musicians accompany prostitutes in the erotic field, playing Ragtime blues music, and Jelly Roll Morton is one of the representatives. You might say, isn't he an arrogant "villain" in the play?
Yes, his life is legendary and controversial. The most famous line is the line you will see in the play:
Jelly Roll
Morton in the movie has shown great musical talent since he was a child. The priest who followed the church learned to play the piano. At the age of 14, he began to play piano in a brothel in New Orleans, while working as a pimp. After his grandmother found out that he was messing around in the brothel, he kicked him out of the house. He later recalled in an interview:
"She told me that demonic music is destined to make me fail."
Morton, 14 years old This started a wandering life. In the past few years, he has traveled almost all over the South of the United States. He has been a gambler, billiard player, comedian, and even male performer. However, he did not give up music. During the journey, he was influenced by different music styles from various places and began to participate in some large-scale Perform and try to create by yourself.
During this period, he composed many masterpieces, 1915, he wrote the famous "Jelly Roll Blues", it is said that this is the first jazz work ever, he recorded the New Orleans jazz for the first time with music scores.
Two years later, Morton performed a tango-style jazz in Hollywood: "The Crave", which caused a sensation. This song happens to be the composition of the piano fight in 1900 in "The Pianist on the Sea".
The 1920s was the peak of Morton's career. He signed with Gennett Records and recorded more than 30 records. In 1926, signed a contract with Victor, the largest record company at the time. During this period, his records with the Red Hot Peppers were very popular. It was the most classic jazz work of the 1920s and brought him great success.
During this period, Morton, who is proud of his life, has developed a domineering personality. He often visits various celebrities and places. He has a mad personality and loves to show off. He wears a well-tailored fashionable suit and talks freely. He always carries a cigar and a cigar in his pocket. Pistol and a bottle of whiskey.
is just like what you see in "The Pianist on the Sea". Of course, because of the need for dramatic effects, the movie greatly exaggerates his arrogant character: Jelly Roll
in the
movie. But when the swing era of the 1930s came, Morton It began to decline. With the Great Depression and the collapse of the recording industry, Victor Records, which was acquired by RCA, did not renew his contract. The
and stubborn Morton still insists on the "old-fashioned" classic jazz and does not want to play swing. In order to make a living, he had no choice but to accompany some swing musicians and write some fashionable tunes for them. The irony of
is that Morton, who was impoverished in the swing music era, wrote the most famous swing music. His first single "King Porter Stomp" written for the later "King of Swing" Benny Goodman turned out to be one of the most popular songs in the entire 1930s.One.
But at the time, almost no one knew who the author was, and Morton didn't even get a cent in royalties.
Jelly Roll Morton and Red Hot Peppers
Did he really invent jazz?
In 1935, Morton moved to Washington and played the piano in a small bar. Here, he met a scholar named the Library of Congress who organizes folklore archives. He interviewed Morton and invited him to record for the Library of Congress.
This was originally a short interview, but the scholars discovered that the black uncle in front of him was not a waiting person, so he recorded more than eight hours of speeches and piano performances. In the recording, Morton mentioned from time to time that he was the inventor of jazz and used his performance to prove it.
He said in the recording that later generations generally believed that the founder of jazz Buddy Bolden played ragtime, not jazz. He invented the earliest jazz as early as 1902. He invented it in this year. Left-handed wide-span accompaniment, which is an important feature of jazz playing techniques.
This statement caused an uproar in the public opinion, and the music critics were very angry. No one would believe that such a desolate person was the inventor of jazz. In addition to Morton's always domineering character, the sentence "I invented jazz" was instead given He drew a lot of criticism, and his arrogant character made the music circle sneer at him.
This is also the image displayed in the "Sea Pianist": arrogant and extremely conceited, even showing his diamond-studded front teeth when smiling.
is the real Morton
so that when Morton died in 1941, not many people even attended his funeral. However, shortly after his death, classical jazz regained popularity, and Dixieland jazz ushered in a revival. As trombonist Kid Ory said: "If he lives for a few more years, he may have a career. New brilliance."
Not today, many music historians have pointed out that Jelly Roll Morton has an extremely important position in the history of jazz. In 2005, the Library of Congress released these recordings in the form of a set of 8 CDs and won two Grammy Awards. In the same year, Morton won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Of course, his phrase "I invented Jazz" is indeed an exaggeration. Because jazz music is never born by a single person, it is a product created by hundreds of musicians of an era.
Appreciation of the original sound of the sea pianist
A history of jazz development
In fact, when we look back at this "sea pianist", it is not difficult to find that the birth of jazz has been shown in the movie.
When the protagonist 1900 saw the piano for the first time, it was the work of Ragtime master Scott Joplin that sounded:
After hearing Scott Joplin's music, the genius 1900 played the piano without a teacher. As we mentioned above, Ragtime comes from New Orleans and is one of the sources of jazz.
1900, who stayed on the boat, was in contact with various people from different regions and different nationalities, and played ethnic music for them.
This is very similar to an important part in the history of jazz development: New Orleans, as the largest port in the United States at the time, accepted all kinds of people from all over the world. When African-Americans poured into New Orleans in large numbers, when they brought blues music and New Orleans When the ragtime and various folk music were integrated, jazz was born.
, the trumpeter Max, who later came to the ship, was also from New Orleans.
In the early 20th century, jazz music was derived from the traditional classical music structure. Some jazz musicians received a good European classical music education. In order to show the musical characteristics of this era, the film used Jelly Roll Morton and Scott Joplin's already released films. In addition to jazz record music, a large number of originalfun.
"Sea Pianist" soundtrack album cover
The soundtrack for "Sea Pianist" is the famous film score master Ennio Morricone, who has created a large number of jazz soundtracks for the film, and the pianist Gilda Buttà has produced more classical music Soundtrack. They focus on piano, with appropriate orchestral music, and compose a fascinating combination of classical and jazz.
theme song "The Legend of the Pianist" is grand and magnificent.
Morricone adopts a typical orchestral composition. While showing the soothing and retrospective main melody through the strings, it sometimes uses piano and wind instruments to play short but powerful jazz fragments, showing the George Gershwin-style symphonic jazz style.
"Child" uses flute solo to depict the happiest childhood of 1900's life:
1900 and Max's first encounter on the turbulent cruise ship, 1900 plays a relaxed and witty waltz:
found 1900 in the record company When recording the record for him on the boat, 1900 was originally very impatient and casually playing the piano, but when he saw the blonde girl through the porthole, the melody of love burst out:
1900 missed the blonde girl who fell in love at first sight. Play a melody that is casual and flexible:
The hidden impulse and implicit love are laid out in this melody, as Salinger said:
"Some people think that love is sex, marriage, and early morning six." A little kiss, it’s a bunch of children, maybe it’s true. But do you know what I think, I think love wants to touch and withdraw its hand."
If you plan to go to the theater to enjoy this movie, remember to end the feature Don't leave, the ending song also has a big surprise: "Lost Boys Calling" was completed by Pink Floyd's lead singer Roger Waters and Van Halen guitarist Edward Van Halen. It has become a classic cover by countless singers.
is a film with music as the main element. The original soundtrack of the "Sea Pianist" has won several awards including the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Music. Together with this film, it has become an eternal classic in record history.
And as for the Jelly Roll Morton who was defeated in 1900? Please forget his arrogance and arrogance, just listen.
[ Thanks to the author of today]
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