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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: Oscar Levant "...erased the fine line between genius and insanity" posted by kitch29 on May 30, 2017 at 10:08:20:
I was just a kid and I don't think I liked him very much at that time. But I grew to like him a lot as I got older. Besides his Gershwin recordings, I've always admired that recording he made with Dimitri Mitropoulos of Anton Rubinstein's Fourth Piano Concerto - he still believed in that work, even when it was on its decline as far as the general audience was concerned. And of course he was a master of quick-witted repartee. One of my favorites has always been, "I think a lot of Bernstein - but not as much as he does."! And then there's the one you refer to:
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- My parents used to watch his TV show - Chris from Lafayette 10:05:58 06/01/17 (3)
- many mnore Levant quotes - pbarach 15:08:18 06/01/17 (1)
- Yes - great source! (My previous post's graphic was from that site) [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 17:03:41 06/01/17 (0)
- He was in some Movies too, usually smoking. nt - oldmkvi 10:41:32 06/01/17 (0)
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