{"id":84,"date":"2008-02-16T00:34:47","date_gmt":"2008-02-15T21:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lorenalupu.wordpress.com\/?p=84"},"modified":"2008-02-16T00:34:47","modified_gmt":"2008-02-15T21:34:47","slug":"o-ora-in-new-orleans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/o-ora-in-new-orleans\/","title":{"rendered":"O or\u0103 \u00een New Orleans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00cen aceast\u0103 sear\u0103, mi-am exfoliat sufletul. Uneori, zgura cotidian\u0103 favorizeaz\u0103 alc\u0103tuirea unui strat de celule moarte peste sensibilitatea noastr\u0103. Noroc c\u0103 exist\u0103 solu\u0163ii \u015fi pentru asta&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00cen seara asta, am fost o or\u0103 \u015fi ceva, poate dou\u0103, \u00een New Orleans. New Orleans re\u00eensufle\u0163it pe scena Odeonului, de cea mai impresionant\u0103 forma\u0163ie de jazz: Benko Dixieland Band.<\/p>\n<p>Men\u0163ionez, nu sunt fanul lor. Mai bine zis, nu eram. Dar am citit un articol, cum c\u0103 at\u00e2t Ronald Reagan (mai demult), c\u00e2t \u015fi Dubya Bush i-au felicitat \u00een persoan\u0103, \u015fi rom\u00e2nul c\u00e2rcota\u015f din mine a zis: &#8220;Ce vr\u0103jeaaaaal\u0103!&#8221; Apoi s-a \u00eentrebat: &#8220;Ce motive ar avea 2 (doi) pre\u015fedin\u0163i americani s\u0103 felicite o trup\u0103 ungureasc\u0103 de jazz?&#8221; \u015ei m-am dus s\u0103 aflu r\u0103spunsul. Mi-a\u015f fi dorit s\u0103 vii \u015fi tu&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Bun. Prima impresie e f. pl\u0103cut\u0103. Opt interpre\u0163i (vocal \u015fi instrumenti\u015fti) to\u0163i purt\u00e2nd costume ro\u015fii, c\u0103ma\u015f\u0103 alb\u0103 \u015fi un cochet papion negru, apar pe scen\u0103 cu o \u00eenduio\u015f\u0103toare solemnitate ludic\u0103 (prilej s\u0103 remarc c\u0103 unii oameni, ca \u015fi vinurile, devin mai speciali \u015fi mai ame\u0163itori, pe m\u0103sur\u0103 ce \u00eenainteaz\u0103 \u00een v\u00e2rst\u0103) \u015fi intr\u0103 \u00een ni\u015fte acorduri vesele, nostalgice, u\u015for recognoscibile, care te transpun \u00een New Orleans. \u00ce\u0163i creioneaz\u0103 o lume. O lume a stilului, o lume \u00een care artistul \u00ee\u015fi respect\u0103\/ador\u0103\/divinizeaz\u0103 menirea de artist, \u015fi e recunosc\u0103tor publicului c\u0103 a venit s\u0103 \u00eel vad\u0103, \u015fi con\u015ftient c\u0103 e o onoare pentru el c\u0103 x indivizi \u015fi-au l\u0103sat teveul-purcelul-c\u0103\u0163elul \u015fi au ales s\u0103 traverseze viscolul, pentru a fi acolo&#8230; O lume a at\u00e2t de cunoscutelor \u015fi jovialelor acorduri de alt\u0103dat\u0103&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Bun. Asta e doar \u00eenceputul. Pentru c\u0103, dac\u0103 solistul unui ansamblu e virtuozul cel mai virtuos (sau virtuosul cel mai virtuoz, adic\u0103 \u0103l mai instrumentist din to\u0163i) po\u0163i afirma cu \u00eencredere c\u0103 Benko Dixieland e o trup\u0103 de 8 soli\u015fti. Conduc\u0103torul trupei \u015fi na\u015ful ei, clarinetistul Benko Sandor, e un geniu al clarinetului. Dar trombonistul e un geniu al trombonului, pianistul e un geniu al pianului, trompetistul e un geniu al trompetei \u015f. a. m. d. Pe melodiile de jazz f. familiare (optzeci la sut\u0103 prelucr\u0103ri, hituri, \u015flag\u0103re pe care \u015fi tu, \u015fi eu, \u015fi ei \u015fi ele le \u015ftim \u015fi le fluier\u0103m \u00een du\u015f: When You&#8217;re Smiling, What a Wonderful World, Just a Gigolo, Nobody Knows The Trouble I&#8217;ve Seen, Alexander&#8217;s Ragtime Band, It&#8217;s A Long Way to Tipperary, etc.\u00a0\u00eencheiate apoteotic cu un When The Saints Go Marching In\u00a0cum n-am auzit \u00een via\u0163a mea) &#8211; b\u0103ie\u0163ii \u0103\u015ftia (trecu\u0163i sim\u0163itori de a doua tinere\u0163e, dar m\u00e2nuindu-\u015fi instrumentele cu o pasiune adolescentin\u0103) realizeaz\u0103 ni\u015fte improviza\u0163ii instrumentale-vocale de te las\u0103 f\u0103r\u0103 aer. \u00cembin\u00e2nd vijelia cu zefirul. Un acord pasional apoi, pe nea\u015fteptate, unul cutremur\u0103tor de tandru.\u00a0\u015ei apoi un gest cabotin &#8211; s\u0103 pareze patetismul. Instrumentele prind via\u0163\u0103 \u00een m\u00e2inile lor. \u00cencep s\u0103 r\u00e2d\u0103, s\u0103 pl\u00e2ng\u0103, s\u0103 sufere, s\u0103 alinte, s\u0103 iubeasc\u0103.<\/p>\n<p>Asta e! \u00cen ceea ce fac Benko &amp; Co e enooooorm de mult suflet. Combinat cu mult\u0103 precizie, \u015fi mult\u0103 imagina\u0163ie. \u015ei talentul de a interpreta cu o prospe\u0163ime uluitoare. Viu \u015fi plin de energie. \u015ei talentul de a reconstitui inima, spiritul \u015fi s\u00e2ngele\u00a0unei Americi pe care nici americanii nu o mai au. De-aia le-au trimis doi pre\u015fedin\u0163i americani scrisori de felicitare&#8230; \u015ei doi sunt mult prea pu\u0163in.<\/p>\n<p>Iat\u0103 un sample (cu men\u0163iunea c\u0103 nu conserv\u0103 nici 10 la sut\u0103 din for\u0163a de captivare pe care o are trupa live, \u015fi energia cu care te fac s\u0103 te pomene\u015fti c\u0103 \u0163i-ai exfoliat nu doar sufletul ci \u015fi palmele, \u015fi pl\u0103m\u00e2nii &#8211; p\u00e2n\u0103 \u015fi pe mine, care sunt o doamn\u0103, \u015fi nu urlu la concerte \ud83d\ude42 ):<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M9Gmmu2ligI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00cen aceast\u0103 sear\u0103, mi-am exfoliat sufletul. Uneori, zgura cotidian\u0103 favorizeaz\u0103 alc\u0103tuirea unui strat de celule moarte peste sensibilitatea noastr\u0103. Noroc c\u0103 exist\u0103 solu\u0163ii \u015fi&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[118],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spicy","tag-de_ce_trimit_presedintii_felicitari"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lorenalupu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}