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Old 04-18-2007, 11:20 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Re: Ornette!

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Originally Posted by wiseone2 View Post
That's not a review of the BPO performance. The Brooklyn Philharmonic performance was in 1984, not 1987.
Ornette was re-working the piece up to the performance. He had Marvin"Smitty"Smith play twice as fast as the conducted pulse. They opted for amplification of the strings because of the power of the percussion.
I found it an interesting work.
Wilmer

Wilmer...This was a review of the Lou Soloff performance of "The Sacred Mind of Johnny Dolphin,". I was just curious about your opinion of the piece itself...thanks
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