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From: j~im.enterprise.net
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 11:50:58 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: Larry Adler Autobiography

On Thu, 12 Sep 1996 JfGindi~ol.com wrote:

> I remember lying down on the cabled rug in
> front of the tv/record player consol and just listening, right along
> with ballets and symphonies and other recorded music we owned in the early
> '50's.
>
> In my late 20's, I rediscovered this album, and played it over and over. One
> of the songs that inspired me was "Someone To Watch Over Me." I beleive that
> album is what jarred me out of my bluesworship and made equally intrested in
> melody and improvisation off a melody, and finally in combining the two.

For those who didn't know, Larry and a bunch of Pop/rock stars did an
entire album (~78 mins) of Gershwin music for his birthday a couple of
years back. All, of course, contain Larry playing harmonica, either
acompaniment or solo. And his versions of "Someone to watch over me" (Elton
John) and "Rhapsody in Blue" are worth the price tag alone. (Though the
intro to Summertime comes pretty close too)

Bassey