Sublime

arranger Gil Evans,

The Edge also has an amazing capacity to remember all factual information; he might have been Einstein in another life. Nothing escapes the Edge. Definitely the scientist of the band.

“I Wanna Be Your Man.” They played it through with us. Brian put on some nice slide guitar; we turned it into an unmistakably Stones rather than Beatles song. It was clear that we had a hit almost before they’d left the studio.

✸ Lesser-known musicians to explore? “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