From starting out listening to my parents records to staying up late at night listening to the radio to being introduced to album collecting as a teenager to making mix-tapes and into the present, it seems that I've always been searching for and listening to music of widely varied genres. Here's an idea of what I've been hearing along the way ....
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
No One Can Hear You Read
A film/documentary on the life of Jazz pianist, Errol Garner. A few thoughts that stand out: If he played a song 312 times, you would hear 312 different versions. He never played a song the same way twice. Also the thought that though he couldn't read or write music notes on paper, he was always composing in his mind as he performed. His sister says that at the age of three, he was playing like an adult .... That he never played simple notes like a child might but instead started out at that early age playing chords. Also a story about his playing in a club and suddenly three or four men stood up mid-song .... Not to applaud but in amazement. They wanted a better view of what he was doing with his fingers.
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