What old Dmitri would do was start the thing very innocently, with nice, slow minor chords, and then put a bunch of crazy stuff in the middle, when the government suits in the audience had dozed off. The cool thing was that even the stuff he supposedly wrote to be "simple" was ...
Also, both our mothers were only married at the relatively late age of 30. Exactly twenty two years ago to the day, the beautiful and beloved Princess Diana passed away. Hello ladies and gentlemen! Many of you know me as Khai or Khai-Wei (鍾凱維). First, please let me acknowledge ...
Firstly I attempt to analyze the music mainly as heard on the Special Edition of the soundtrack album, but I will be making some comments on the score as heard in the film and the changes made to the score compared to the musi...
With this first recording in the company of his European trio, Erskine made a lasting, if subdued, statement of intent. Its contours feel familiar, its moods even more so, and its overall feeling is one of peace and quiet passion. Considering the talent girding every corner of this triangle...
“White Room” I did an arrangement with guitarist John Hart originally. It was kind of Brazilian and I scatted over a simple intro of descending chords and John came up with that fabulous ending that unexpectedly stops dead on the 5. Then just before we recordedObsessionJason re-did the ...
“I Loves You Porgy,” the physicality of his playing is immediately apparent as every stretch of sinew and bone works itself back into flexible life. Treading a fine line between linear melody and cloudbursts of chords, between song and circumstance, it is the Rosetta Stone for all that ...