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<DIV>I just tried to listen to John McLaughlin and came to the conclusion that
you people must have had some fantastic drugs back those many harvest moons
ago. Otherwise I cannot fina any reason for the popularity of Fusion
Jazz..... </DIV>
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<DIV>And because not much is going on here I thought I give you all Die Kunst
der Fuge conducted by Maestro Jordi Savall, one of the most underrated musicians
of the last few decades: <A title=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDkJK7mWitI
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDkJK7mWitI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDkJK7mWitI</A>.
Math, beauty, structure, form, yet improvisation is possible. </DIV>
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<DIV>All those complaints, mostly made by purists regarding Mr. Goulds’
trickstery in the studio have often baffled me. In rock and pop music from ca.
1966 onwards oberdubs became commonplace, yet when Mr Gould would open his box
of tricks people were ghafawing and ranting. Isn’t the final result the
most important thing and not how you managed to achieve what you had in mind ?
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<DIV>Mary will prolly give me a hard time for this, but at least in this case
Mr. Gould was ahead of his pianist colleagues...</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=maryellenjensen28@hotmail.com
href="mailto:maryellenjensen28@hotmail.com">maryellen jensen</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 11, 2014 10:45 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=f_minor@glenngould.org
href="mailto:f_minor@glenngould.org">f_minor@glenngould.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [f_minor] Concerto BMV 1061 / Katia and Marielle
Labècque, harpsichords</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Gruess Gott "bobmerk",<BR><BR>I'm old enough to remember when John
McLaughlin became "Vishnu John". Crikey, that seems a lifetime ago now... many,
many Harvest moons ago.<BR><BR>A passing thought on the four hands at the
keyboard: the polydactyl "star pianist" in a brief appearance in the film
"Gattaca": 10 fingers, 2 thumbs. A link with a comment by "shaerens":<BR><BR>
<DIV class=Ct>"This is a very clever scene. The pianist is playing Schubert's
impromptu in G flat, only he's adding an additional melody that's not humanly
possible to play. It's then revealed that he has additional fingers to achieve
this. (It's still not possible though, the melody in the right hand is played
with the ring finger and the pinky, the chords with the other fingers in the
right hand. The additional melody is way too much of a stretch)"<BR><BR><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" size=3 face=Calibri><A
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqdfmvFlnng">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqdfmvFlnng</A></FONT><BR><BR><BR>I've
posted this elsewhere but Jehan (pronounced Jean) Alain deserves more
exposure:<BR><BR><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" size=3 face=Calibri><A
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgNxbXFihgg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgNxbXFihgg</A></FONT>
<BR><BR></DIV>Do read what you can of his family's history. Enjoy his
music.<BR><BR>Mary<BR><BR><BR>
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From: bobmerk@earthlink.net<BR>To: f_minor@glenngould.org<BR>Date: Fri, 5 Sep
2014 10:58:34 -0400<BR>Subject: [f_minor] Concerto BMV 1061 / Katia and Marielle
Labècque, harpsichords<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New">A recent poster asked where everyody was. I hope
everybody's at the lakeshore cabin, so while you're putting on sunscreen and
insect repellant, I'm sending you this, and hope you enjoy it. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><A href="https:///"
target=_blank>https:///</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New">J. S. Bach Concerto BMV 1061</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New">Katia and Marielle Labècque /
harpsichords</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New">One summer night on a blanket I saw and heard the
Labècque Sisters bang out "Carnival of the Animals" on two pianos, and I've been
a huge fan ever since. (I particularly love "The Tortoise.") </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New">I've been rediscovering composer/guitarist
Mahavishnu John McClaughlin, and a few decades ago, he and Katia were married.
That must have been a richly musical household. The Sisters and McClaughlin
issued one or two CDs of McClaughlin compositions.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New">Anyway most of you are JS Bach freaks, so enjoy
and let me know what you think of this "cover." I'm specifically NOT asking how
it compares to The Master, but if anyone has such thoughts, toss them in, too.
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New">But look, even The Master only had two hands,
beautiful as they were. He must have been at a disadvantage competing against a
four-hand act.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New">Yesterday my doctor told me about her weekend,
installing her daughter in the freshman dorm at a Pennsylvania college. So
summer's over, dudes, back to work.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New">Bob</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New">Massachusetts USA</FONT></DIV>
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