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...acoustic rock extravaganza” fronted by Jeffrey E. Heck ’03 (but just call him Jeff Heck). There is a very good reason why the group is also known as Jeff Heck and Second Act, which also consists of Warren S. Adler ’03 on bass, Gabriel J. Jostrom ’04 on violin and Josh Rowe from the Berkeley School of Music on drums. Heck has an amazingly full and expressive voice that comes across best in a live performance. His temporary lapses of memory (discussed below) deserve to be summarily forgiven...
...Larry Adler was one of the great musical virtuosos of the 20th century [MILESTONES, Aug. 20]. In the item on his death, you stated that "by the late 1930s he was performing in Carnegie Hall." But that was only the beginning. In 1942 Darius Milhaud wrote Suite Anglaise for Adler, and in 1952 Ralph Vaughan Williams composed Romance for Harmonica and Orchestra. Ravel left provisions in his will for Adler to be allowed to play Bolero whenever he liked, without paying royalties. When George Gershwin heard a youthful Adler play Rhapsody in Blue, he said, "The goddam thing sounds...
...worthwhile. I compare it with my military service when I was drafted during the Korean War: great experience, wouldn't have missed it for the world, would never want to do it again. Keillor, keep up the good work and spirit. I shall endeavor to do the same. HENRY ADLER New York City...
DIED. LARRY ADLER, 87, blacklisted musician who elevated the harmonica to concert-hall status; in London. When a local store owner gave the young Adler a harmonica, he taught himself to play by ear, won a harmonica-playing contest and left his home in Baltimore for New York City at 14. By the late 1930s he was performing in Carnegie Hall, still playing by ear; Ingrid Bergman, with whom he had an affair, was said to have persuaded him to pursue formal music training. In 1947, his liberal politics led to printed charges of communist sympathies; after suing unsuccessfully...
...What this isn?t, Adler insists, is an attempt by publishers to "lock up" information. It?s simply the fact that "neither side has been able to figure out how to take advantage of the new technological capabilities without alarming the people they work with...