Comments on: The "Open Source" Composer: David Amram http://www.radioopensource.org/the-open-source-composer-david-amram/ Christopher Lydon in conversation on arts, ideas and politics Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:09:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Potter http://www.radioopensource.org/the-open-source-composer-david-amram/#comment-92519 Potter Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:59:22 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1243#comment-92519 Delightful interview, and inspiring. I will listen again. Thank you, as always........ Delightful interview, and inspiring. I will listen again. Thank you, as always……..

]]> By: Marc McElroy http://www.radioopensource.org/the-open-source-composer-david-amram/#comment-92518 Marc McElroy Sun, 04 May 2008 20:20:43 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1243#comment-92518 An amazing interview of an amazing man. I listened to to again as soon as it stopped. An amazing interview of an amazing man. I listened to to again as soon as it stopped.

]]> By: jazzman http://www.radioopensource.org/the-open-source-composer-david-amram/#comment-92517 jazzman Fri, 02 May 2008 01:04:58 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=1243#comment-92517 Wow Chris, within 7 days you have inspired me to listen to my first 2 podcasts. David Amram is a unique national treasure and a creative tour de force. I first became aware of him when I discovered his book <i>Vibrations</i> while a student at Berklee College in 1972. His prose transmuted me into an armchair voyeur vicariously sharing the fascinating adventures he recounted. On a magical March Saturday evening in 1974, I had the good fortune to attend a performance of David Amram & Friends at Club Passim in Cambridge MA. He was second billed to Brock Walsh (a folksinger) about whom I remember next to nothing except his performance of <i>I Can’t Get Started</i>, but David was all that and more. After the set, my friend and I stayed to speak with him, and after brief exchange, we invited him to my Cambridge apartment for refreshments and to my delight, he and his ladyfriend accepted. The evening was a blur of revelry, stories (about bebop & the Beats as I remember,) and jamming – I on piano, he on a tin penny whistle (produced from his pocket) and my friend keeping time on a music stand and chair. I showed him a couple of my original compositions and he noodled them on the piano (quite well for sight reading) and politely complimented the works and offered a suggestion or two. They stayed until after 3 AM by which time we all were pleasantly spent (probably closer to wasted as I recall,) whereupon I drove them to his friend’s house and that was that. Over the following years, I occasionally heard squibs mentioning his name but had not seen or heard anything more until this interview. That night came flooding back while listening to his humble words and casual offhandedness (I especially enjoyed his comment about playing like Chick Corea, coincidentally to whom I was listening on my way in to work yesterday (<i>The New Crystal Silence</i> with Gary Burton) – thanks for the memories. Peace to ALL, Jazzman Wow Chris, within 7 days you have inspired me to listen to my first 2 podcasts. David Amram is a unique national treasure and a creative tour de force. I first became aware of him when I discovered his book Vibrations while a student at Berklee College in 1972. His prose transmuted me into an armchair voyeur vicariously sharing the fascinating adventures he recounted. On a magical March Saturday evening in 1974, I had the good fortune to attend a performance of David Amram & Friends at Club Passim in Cambridge MA. He was second billed to Brock Walsh (a folksinger) about whom I remember next to nothing except his performance of I Can’t Get Started, but David was all that and more. After the set, my friend and I stayed to speak with him, and after brief exchange, we invited him to my Cambridge apartment for refreshments and to my delight, he and his ladyfriend accepted. The evening was a blur of revelry, stories (about bebop & the Beats as I remember,) and jamming – I on piano, he on a tin penny whistle (produced from his pocket) and my friend keeping time on a music stand and chair. I showed him a couple of my original compositions and he noodled them on the piano (quite well for sight reading) and politely complimented the works and offered a suggestion or two. They stayed until after 3 AM by which time we all were pleasantly spent (probably closer to wasted as I recall,) whereupon I drove them to his friend’s house and that was that. Over the following years, I occasionally heard squibs mentioning his name but had not seen or heard anything more until this interview. That night came flooding back while listening to his humble words and casual offhandedness (I especially enjoyed his comment about playing like Chick Corea, coincidentally to whom I was listening on my way in to work yesterday (The New Crystal Silence with Gary Burton) – thanks for the memories.

Peace to ALL,

Jazzman

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