No Graeme Edge interview as it turns out. Instead, I'll be chatting tomorrow with bassist John Lodge, composer and vocalist on several of the Moodies' songs. Should be entertaining. They stay under assumed names when traveling - I think his is Ochocinco.
So back to the ECM fold for listening purposes. On board with D'ombre et de silence by Henri Dutilleux with Robert Levin and Ya-Fei Chuang on piano. Avant chamber stuff, made much better by headphones that actually work on both channels. The new ones were included as part of a keyboard package from Amazon features a Casio 61-key keyboard with a boatload of sounds and settings. So now I've got to figure that out along with that mysterious bass clef. Plus the flute I got a couple months ago. Maybe I should have stuck with trumpet. Nah.
Meanwhile, back at the professional musician recordings, Judith Berkson's Olyam features the composer on piano, Wurlitzer and Rhodes electric piano, organ and voice. Vaguely reminiscent of Annette Peacock, with wordplay and lyrical/vocal structure similar at times to Michael Franks, though nothing like his easy voice or melodies. Instead this is unsettling and almost dangerous-sounding at times. Fun stuff.
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