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August 6, 1998
the will to start again
I seem to be stuck on a Keith Jarrett listening phase. I listen to him all the time now. His Koln Concert I can never get enough of, and it seems there's always something new to discover in his playing. The Koln Concert was recorded on January
24, 1975 at the Opera House in Cologne, Germany.
The entire concert is just Keith Jarrett playing solo piano for about an
hour and a half of uninterrupted music. During the performance
he goes through a wide range of musical possibilities on the piano,
from classical to jazz to stride piano to gospel, and it's all improvised
and spontaneosly composed. I think this is one of my all-time
favorite albums, so I'm always playing it or thinking about it week
in, week out. I think ironically for a drummer,
this is one of the few albums that have truly inspired me to continue playing
drums.
However, I also miss playing piano so much. I want to be able to become immersed in playing piano again. I miss working out on a Mozart Sonata or a Scott Joplin rag. But I have to concentrate on the drums and really work out some solo routines. We have a big show this Sunday in Hollywood and The Bill Elliot Swing Orchestra and 8 1/2 Souvenirs is also on the bill. It's going to be a very big swing show and I have to be mentally and physically prepared. I think I will concentrate on piano very soon, and practice some serious improvisations and record them like I did at the end of last year. I made a series of nice recordings on DAT tape and would like to release them someday in CD format. Well, I received a copy of an article that was written about me and my musical background and my struggles in trying to become a successful musician. The article was written by a good friend of mine named Jessica, who comes to our shows often and is really into the swing scene. She wrote this article as a final project just before graduation at San Diego State University this past May. With a degree in Communications she hopes to secure a career in the entertainment field as a public relations person. I guess she's hoping to get a magazine or newspaper to publish her article about me, and I hope she does.
"To create a dream out of the shadows" To create a dream out of the shadows, to come out into the light from the darkness, a gift that one finds at the beginning of one's journey, that gets lost one day but somehow is regained, to fully understand one's true purpose, and see the doorway up ahead, felt by one's rightful intuition, a day in which all points converge, summoned by hope and courage, a battlement against the odds... If I truly understand then let me speak, if I truly seek then allow me to find, out of these shadows a dream is beginning, out of this darkness I feel light's warmth.. Oh, heaven above on this glorious of days, I thank you so with all my heart, for just when I thought I'd lost my way, I feel life anew with a bright new start... Copyright ©1998 Carlos Rull CDs Played Today:
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