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Keith Humble / Bert Turetzky: Kinetic Conversations

by Robert Bush
December 3, 2014

This long-dormant recording by the late Australian composer/pianist Keith Humble and legendary contrabass virtuoso Bertram Turetzky is finally available as Kinetic Conversations a searing document recorded in Mandeville Auditorium at the University of California, San Diego, on March 19, 1986. The quality, both in terms of fidelity and performance values, is sterling throughout. Humble plays both grand piano and electronic keyboards--but neither in ways that conform to standard practices--although one could draw favorable comparisons to Cecil ...