FW: Peggy Lee

Subject: FW: Peggy Lee

From: St-Laurent Gilles <gilles.st-laurent@nlc-bnc.ca>

Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 08:25:41 -0500

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From the people I've talked to who have worked with Gould, all have said that he was pleasant to work with, a veritable pro. The one document we have which shows quite nicely his working manner is the 4.5 hours of outtakes (raw footage) from the 81 Goldberg Monsaingeon film . There is never any question as to who is in charge yet his thoughts/instructions are communicated in a respectful manner. He had such a strong handle on the recording technology/process and knew exactly what he wanted to do that I suppose there was no need for him to hit on his technicians, all he needed to do was issue concise instructions. As I was told, he was "just one of the guys" in the studio.

Gilles St-Laurent

Music Division

National Library of Canada

I've always had the perception -- or projection or fantasy -- that GG was a lovely guy. But I wouldn't have wanted to be a technician or a supporting musician and get between him and his desire to make a perfect recording.