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GG: Keith Jarrett
I think the problem with the interpretation of the Time quote on Keith
Jarrett has to do with translation problems-- in English the quote
states:
Time Magazine last year called Jarrett's recording of the
Goldberg Variations the best since Glenn Gould's describing him as an
artist "at the peak of a career that has spanned baroque and
bebop... his playing is marked by a clean, crystalline piano sound, a
keen musical intelligence and a technique that can handle just about
anything a composer throws at him - or he throws at himself. At his
best, Jarrett can penetrate the psyche and the heart in a way few
other contemporary musicians can".
What the article *means* is:
Time Magazine last year called Jarrett's recording of the
Goldberg Variations the best since Glenn Gould's. Time
described Jarrett as an artist...
Time did the describing of Jarrett, not GG-- the grammar is
misleading. Time says that Jarrett's recording was the best of the
G'bergs to be released since GG's (it doesn't say, though *which* of
GG's is meant).
Hope that clears things up.
-Mary Jo Watts,
mwatts@rci.rutgers.edu