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François Couturier / Dominique Pifarély and Bob Bralove / Patti Weiss: Intimacy Writ Large
by Doug Collette
The intimacy of a given musical setting does not necessarily translate to accessibility. And duo performances can be among the most thought-provoking of any instrumental combination, revealing not only the fundamental difficulty of not just playing music with skill, but doing so via interaction with other musicians. Besides that particular enlightenment, these coincidental releases further illuminate the formidable task of transposing the respective textural capabilities of the acoustic piano and the violin: ever-so-careful etchings emanate from the former as often ...
Continue ReadingDose Hermanos: Persistence of Memory
by Doug Collette
Consisting of two formidable contributors to the expansive oeuvre of the Grateful Dead, keyboardist/multi-instrumentalists Tom Constanten and Bob Bralove, Dose Hermanos explore areas of ambiance hardly unfamiliar to the iconic San Francisco band. Both men performed with the Dead, albeit at markedly different eras of the band's existence (Constanten as keyboard player from 1968 to 1970, and Bralove as an engineer, programmer, and occasional performer from 1987 to 1995), so each brings a unique perspective to their creation(s).
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