Paper: Lady Gaga Is Making Jazz Cool Again

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Settling into the Park Theater inside Las Vegas' Park MGM Hotel for Lady Gaga's just-launchedJazz & Piano show, you're transported instantly to a time when jazz was the pop music heard everywhere. The stage, complete with old-school booths for the show's world-class 30-piece band, was illuminated by softly glowing, mood-setting neon colors, and (yes, of course) a curtain and backdrop comprised of numerous glistening, dangling crystals. Because Vegas, baby!

The event, which is part of Gaga's multiyear Vegas residency programming that also includes her high-concept pop show, Enigma, was outfitted to resemble a jazz hall of yesteryear, but done in only the fabulously over-the-top way that a show by Gaga can. And for such a production within the Park Theater, which completed renovations only a few years ago, its up-to-6,300-seat space somehow felt inviting and intimate. The openness of the space suggested that there wasn't a bad seat in the house.

This freedom is precisely what Gaga is after in Jazz & Piano, for you, for me, for herself. Perhaps her favorite thing about jazz is the way it demands one learn it as written. Indeed. Jazz songs are traditionally written through on sheet music. And, as she says, once you get it down, you can do whatever you want with it. Because again, jazz remains relevant today with each new interpretation, transforming classics into something more personal, political, and current. Whether Gaga realizes it or not, when you consider her tremendous success, she's already part of a great tradition of pop songwriting that will certainly be recognized in years to come. In looking back at the roots of jazz, she's always moving forward. With all this in mind, if you listen closely to Gaga's live shows and recordings, you'll feel similar comfort, momentum, and, most important: freedom. 

http://www.papermag.com/lady-gaga-jazz-piano-vegas-2628061184.html

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I misread paper as perez 

JazzGa beats PopGa once ageen 

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I wonder how it must feel.

To know that the world loves you.

and that even when you’ve passed on.

You’ll be celebrated for eternity.

Gaga deserves it all 

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LMs when they read the article: YAAAAS GAGA

LMs every other time: **** JAZZ **** TONY WHERE'S REDONE? 

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Her talent knows no bounds 

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That's why we need JazzGa for ever in all the universe. 

[Ziggy 12,011]

Ok but this really irritates me because this is such a superficial understanding of jazz. Gaga does *very* by the numbers renditions. She’s great, but it’s her vocal power and ability that sets them as great. Her arrangements from C2C even to here are very straightforward.

I love her on jazz, but what I’d like is for people actually aware of the current jazz scene to give her legitimate, constructive critique on how she could be more interesting. Some of the more experimental jazz out right now would suit her so well if she just took the time to tap into the scene a bit. It’s anything but dead.

I think it’s equally possible to both praise what she’s done thus far but hope for and ask for more as we know she’s capable of it. If she’s loves jazz so much and it’s lineage, why is she not teaming up with some of the current musicians keeping it alive, especially the black musicians (as she mentions them by name during one of the show’s interludes). London, NYC, Chicago all have really interesting and unique jazz scenes right now that she could so easily immerse herself into.

Love jazzga, but the genre is more than Frank Sinatra lol it didn’t die 60 years ago and then she came and resurrected it 

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6 minutes ago, Ziggy said:

I think it’s equally possible to both praise what she’s done thus far but hope for and ask for more as we know she’s capable of it. If she’s loves jazz so much and it’s lineage, why is she not teaming up with some of the current musicians keeping it alive, especially the black musicians (as she mentions them by name during one of the show’s interludes). London, NYC, Chicago all have really interesting and unique jazz scenes right now that she could so easily immerse herself into.

Love jazzga, but the genre is more than Frank Sinatra lol it didn’t die 60 years ago and then she came and resurrected it 

No!

She doesn’t have to team up with current musicians!

She doesn’t have to team up with black musicians!

let it go! The fact that you want her to be current or pitiful in a way that she has to work with certain race just to look more accessible is ridiculous, she does what she wants, Gaga has always been very opened about working with EVERYONE she just chooses to do it differently, have you looked at the members of the orchestra? The band? The musicians? No you didn’t  

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Why did I misread the title as "Paper Gangsta making Jazz Cool Again"

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12 minutes ago, Ziggy said:

Love jazzga, but the genre is more than Frank Sinatra lol it didn’t die 60 years ago and then she came and resurrected it

obviously, but i think the article is about how it was big when frank sinatra did it and it is great that someone as big as Gaga is doing it again.

 

 

in my humble, ignorant opinion, i think the next step would be for her to do a jazz record. i'm not necessarily talking about lg6 but creating her own jazz songs could be a great step for her if she feels comfortable enough to do it.

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we been knew since she was singing jazz at thirteen 

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Gaga is making Jazz culture great again

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1 hour ago, Ziggy said:

Ok but this really irritates me because this is such a superficial understanding of jazz. Gaga does *very* by the numbers renditions. She’s great, but it’s her vocal power and ability that sets them as great. Her arrangements from C2C even to here are very straightforward.

I love her on jazz, but what I’d like is for people actually aware of the current jazz scene to give her legitimate, constructive critique on how she could be more interesting. Some of the more experimental jazz out right now would suit her so well if she just took the time to tap into the scene a bit. It’s anything but dead.

I think it’s equally possible to both praise what she’s done thus far but hope for and ask for more as we know she’s capable of it. If she’s loves jazz so much and it’s lineage, why is she not teaming up with some of the current musicians keeping it alive, especially the black musicians (as she mentions them by name during one of the show’s interludes). London, NYC, Chicago all have really interesting and unique jazz scenes right now that she could so easily immerse herself into.

Love jazzga, but the genre is more than Frank Sinatra lol it didn’t die 60 years ago and then she came and resurrected it 

She doesnt have to do anything. She's the biggest name in music that still cares about the classics. She's keeping them alive and relevant. And we are thankful.

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2 hours ago, Ziggy said:

Ok but this really irritates me because this is such a superficial understanding of jazz. Gaga does *very* by the numbers renditions. She’s great, but it’s her vocal power and ability that sets them as great. Her arrangements from C2C even to here are very straightforward.

I love her on jazz, but what I’d like is for people actually aware of the current jazz scene to give her legitimate, constructive critique on how she could be more interesting. Some of the more experimental jazz out right now would suit her so well if she just took the time to tap into the scene a bit. It’s anything but dead.

I think it’s equally possible to both praise what she’s done thus far but hope for and ask for more as we know she’s capable of it. If she’s loves jazz so much and it’s lineage, why is she not teaming up with some of the current musicians keeping it alive, especially the black musicians (as she mentions them by name during one of the show’s interludes). London, NYC, Chicago all have really interesting and unique jazz scenes right now that she could so easily immerse herself into.

Love jazzga, but the genre is more than Frank Sinatra lol it didn’t die 60 years ago and then she came and resurrected it 

she's singing classics from the Great American Songbook, she doesn't need to be "current"