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2 hours ago, JSngry said:

Probably stupid on my part, but I had never connected Satie and Eno...had a reasonable engagement with Eno (the performer and the producer, different animals there) back in the 70s thru the beginnings of the "Ambient" stuff, not really enthralled by all of it, but always found him somebody who was "on to something", if you know what I mean, something/someone to know about and not be unaware of. Kinda moved on, but Amazon Prime has this doc that covers him from the beginning up to the big Talking Heads "breakthrough", so, you now, it's a holiday weeke3nd, nothing else going, why not, right? Good show, actually, and when this Satie thing starts playing, WHOA!!!!! right?

Now here's a probably stupid question - how much connection between Satie and the Bill Evans of "Peace Piece" has there been? Putting this de Leeuw record right in that mix connects some dots, puts one more piece of the puzzle on the table. It never stops....

 

Along with the Bill Evans connection, here are two more artists that owe a debt to Erik Satie:

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Particularly on Hutcherson's composition "Bouquet"

 

and

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Beirach blends classical influences with jazz more successfully than any other pianist I've heard.  Particularly 20th c. composers like Scriabin, Mompou, and Bartok.  I hear Satie's influence on this disc.  Apparent simplicity that's not really simple.  Like a haiku.

We can also make another connection in the puzzle b/c Beirach is also connected back to Bill Evans -- since he was one of Evans' protégés/students. 

 

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