Margaret Wilson 10 August 2005 01:25:12 [ permanent link ]
Thanks for the kudos, Steve! It makes me cringe to hear people calling Howard's style "dated," but I guess I can understand where that's coming from. Being classically trained, I find his arrangements to be musically complex enough that I find them interesting ... and difficult to learn! I agree with whomever said that his Gershwin book is the most difficult. Personally, I like his Ellington book the best. Some of his books are now out of print. But in a very pleasant email exchange sometime ago, Howard told me that at least some of his older stuff would be coming out in columns for "Fingerstyle Guitar" and "Just Jazz."
Regards,
Margaret
"Steven Bornfeld" <dentaltwinnonsense@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:42F8183A.7030607@earthlink.net...>
sillyninny@bigwilly.com wrote:>> How come nobody ever mentions this great player/teacher's name on this>> NG? Cryin' shame.>
I've been meaning to get his books (despite the fact I'm not a 7-string > player).> I know Margaret Wilson recorded a couple of his arrangements on her > soundclick page--sounded great!>
Mark & Steven Bornfeld 10 August 2005 19:53:27 [ permanent link ]
tombrown@jhu.edu wrote:
Yeah, I have a lot of HH. They are even more old-school than Morgen's> stuff. Heitmeyer's are more tuned for the nylon string instrument. A> lot of his are pretty easy, because he wrote them for students. Morgen> has some more approachable stuff too, in his method books. The Gershwin> book is the most difficult.>
Figures--that's what I most wanted to get. Am I imagining that Carlos Barbosa-Lima has Gershwin arrangements out too? I seem to remember Aryeh Eller mentioning them. Maybe it was only a recording and the arrangements haven't been published. I'm sure I haven't a prayer of playing them either, I just like to hear what can be done.
