I was looking again over the past few days at some old footage of Les Paul in the days when he had his regular TV programme together with his wife Mary Ford. Not for the first time I was struck by the broad similarites and parallels between him and Frank, these two great icons of 20th century music, both in terms of their careers and personalities. Although the two came from different generations there are a number of areas of crossover which leads me to a question - 'If Les Paul had been bor...Read more
Wednesday Communal breakfast in the Marquee and then on to some work. First lesson Scheila and Jamie on Advanced Music Theory. I'm one of those people who enjoys listening to people speak on any topic if they are knowledgable and enthusiastic - these guys are both. I had an immense admiration for these musicians as players before coming here, but I really had no idea of the unbelievable depth of knowledge that they have which underlies the technical skill and performance abilities of all...Read more

An Englishman in New York (State) abroad 

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