Sublime

Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier.

Vladimir Horowitz, she says as proudly as if it were her, and it’s an interpretation of mad, diabolical virtuosity. When you hear it, you dream of being in his shoes and unleashing with your own fingers these sonic cataclysms, punctuated by moments of plaintive reverie.

“The concert(s) of the Argentinian pianist Martha Argerich. She is just superhuman. She is quite elderly now, but she still plays. She’s coming to the BBC Proms this year. She has cult status in our world.” TF: I now routinely listen to her. To have your mind explode, search “Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 FULL Argerich Charles Dutoit” and check o

Alfred Newman used to say that you should always “keep your score paper and pen right near you, ’cause if you’re not up, God will take it down the street to (Henry) Mancini!”

Thelonious Monk playing “Honeysuckle Rose”.

1. Airto Moreira - Brazilian percussionist.


2. Keith Jarrett - renowned jazz pianist.


3. George Benson - American guitarist and singer.


4. Ron Carter - jazz double bassist.


5. Miles Davis - legendary jazz trumpeter, he bought a live album.


6. Wes Montgomery - jazz guitarist, the record was chosen at his father's request.