After many years of listening to mostly Jazz and guitarists I have gradually changed my listening habits. For over two years I have been mostly listening to and reading about classical pianists. Arthur Rubinstein is still a favorite but William Kapell, Dinu Lipatti, Alexis Weissenberg and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli are on my repeat listen list. The fact that their world […]
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The new album Quintessence will be out soon and the range of influences on the new songs range from Chopin and Ravel to Thelonious Monk and Django Reinhardt. There are both solo acoustic guitar pieces and solo acoustic guitar with small group. Stay tuned for details.
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My new album Quintessence is in the works. This new recording contains many new pieces I have written in the past year. Though much of the album is solo acoustic guitar the recording opens with a piece that was written and recorded for the upcoming documentary film A Life Well Played. This opening piece Up Town is done as a
I recently did an interview with a Greek music writer for his website. He asked some very thoughtful questions. Click here to read the full text
Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925) is almost unknown today except to hard core piano students but he was once hailed by Paderewski as being as important a composer for the piano as Chopin. Check out the recording of his Etude Op.92 No.2 as played by Alain Raes. Or check out his piece La Jongleuse (the juggler). Moszkowski was known for his wit
The shooting of the documentary is nearly done. Now the editing process begins. I commend Rene and his cohorts Martin and Mike on the great job. When the film is ready the news will be posted here of course. I am also putting the finishing touches on Quintessence which will be the title of the new album. The new record
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