Buddy
Thomas
My
father, musician, industrial line mechanic and trouble
shooter; taught me that in learning and doing things,
nothing is impossible
.
|
Glenn
Thomas
(on left)
Precocious
and prodigious, my brother and most tenacious friend,
my first student who became my teacher also
. |
Marshall
Taylor
The
quintessential performer, with exhaustive knowledge and
musicianship
. |
|
Roland
Hanna.
Ron
was Roland's private student in NYC from 1968 until
1971 or '72 while finishing his masters degree in composition
from Long Island University.
|
Will
Parsons
Percussionist and
Musical Inventor, an American heartland pioneer
. |
Pat
Martino
As
close as family and more than the worlds greatest
jazz guitarist, a profound musical thinker and composer
|
Karlheinz
Stockhausen
A
major historical force in European music, I was among
several fortunate American students whose friendship he
enjoyed in the mid sixties
|
Bill
Evans
Whose
music and methods completely redirected my life. |
Miles
Davis
Whose
music and methods completely redirected my life. |
Ludmila
Ulehla
(left)
Composition teachers at the Manhattan School of Music,
they represent the best of the original ideals of The
Music Conservatory
. |
Nicolas
Flagello
Composition
teachers at the Manhattan School of Music, they represent
the best of the original ideals of The Music Conservatory
.
|
Vittorio
Giannini
Composition
teachers at the Manhattan School of Music, they represent
the best of the original ideals of The Music Conservatory
. |
Raoul
Pleskow
Hidden
treasure
Mozart to Wolpes Beethoven
. |
John
Cage
Once
a year, endless cups of Chinese tea and long talks from
1965 until his death in 1992
|
Hellmut
Gottschild
His
importance as a revolutionary thinker will not remain
hidden forever
.More than a Modern Dance Master,
a renaissance thinker, the source of physicality
in my music
. |
Ron
Dewar
Anyone
lucky enough to have heard him play or (better yet) to
have played with him, knows that words are hopelessly
inadequate to describe his musical gifts
. |
Steve
Heimel
Lifelong
discussion partner; art and culture, broadly speaking
. |
Hobbson
Pittman
(American
painter and instructor) A guided tour through the minds
of the great painters
... |
Michael
Steinberg
Creating
a taste for Mahler and introducing us in 1959 to the music
of Elliot Carter, Milton Babbit, and other forbidden fruits
. |
Igor
Stravinsky
Inventing
and inhabiting his own special world with its
own peculiar dazzling gravity and light
|
Maryanne
Amacher
Took
Stockhausen seriously (as I did) in 1964 and applied his
innovations to her own innovative soundscapes
. |
Jon
English
Composer,
trombonist, bassist, and lifelong best friend
. |
Stefan
Wolpe
A
Beethoven for the 20th Century, living in
America
. |
Sergei
Rachmininov
Haunting
beauty made in secret places
. |
Herbie
Hancock
Unofficially my greatest Jazz
Professor; he is The Boss. |
Sal
Martirano
The
generous, gentle, wildman of American music
. |
Dennis
Sandole
Thanks
to Pat Martino's recommendation, Dennis' teaching brought
conflict-resolution to my Jazz /Classical quandry |