by Peter Saltzman | Aug 27, 2019 | IOTL, Piano
Back in the day, the great classical composers were brilliant improvisers. Are they still? Is it even possible? When I was 17 and still in the throes of my love affair with jazz, I came upon a passage in a biography about J.S. Bach that really messed with my head. I...
by Peter Saltzman | Aug 5, 2019 | Aesthetic Scholarship, IOTL, Music, Words
I never much cared for minimalism until I minimally did. To get right to the point… To get right to the point… To get right to the point… I never much cared for the style of music music music music musi mus mu called minimalism ...
by Peter Saltzman | Aug 2, 2019 | Music, One Human Minute
One Human Minute by Peter Saltzman Indian Summer Better late than never, Better Early than Whenever It was Indian summer I was fearing the fall Of everything related To anything at all Change was coming The shifting air That fought the stillness In summer’s last glare...