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Post by markone on May 22, 2008 10:49:19 GMT 1
 This is a seriously good album! Not least because it has Jordan's very own version of Tarkus in it's entirety, which is, frankly right up there with ELPs version. (OK perhaps not quite up there, but darn close!!!) The Road Home at Amazon |
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Post by Imagescapegirl on May 22, 2008 15:02:37 GMT 1
According to a recent interview with Jordan, this is why he picked Tarkus .... Q. I have to say, your new solo effort is really smashing. Very well done. How did you go about picking the playlist for your CD, The Road Home.
Jordan: That’s great, thanks! There are a lot of songs from that era that were amazing and certainly a lot that affected me. I went with the ones that were at the very top of my personal list for being influential. Aside from being great songs, each one has a little bit of a story to it, for the reasons why I selected it. With [ELP’s] “Tarkus,” that was a real turning point for me. It was the first time I heard keyboards in that context with such power. Keyboards can be so big and strong sounding opened up some doors for me in my brain and helped frame how I could bring what I was doing compositionally into that world a little bit.
If you want to read the whole interview with him, you'll find it at ... blogcritics.org/archives/2008/05/15/021928.php |
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