Word: cd
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that made me start thinking this way? A birthday. Actually, it was a birthday present, or at least it started that way. Since, it has helped shape me. Hard to believe that it's now been 8 years since I asked my parents to buy me a CD player. Five years later, it traveled to college with me, and if I think about it, that little bit of Japanese electronics and plastic probably fundamentally altered who I am and the trajectory upon which I traveled. It might seem odd to make such a claim, but please humor...
...just done with seventh grade, and had returned to my birthplace of New York City after a year's life in Texas. I visited a friend, and he showed me his CD player. It was a gray, futuristic affair that inspired awe (I still grin when I look at similar setups). But I just wanted the CD player because I'd seen and used one, and I thought it was cooler than a tape player. I mean, really, any given CD looked more artistic than a cassette. It had paint already on it. The cover was art, sure, but when...
...bought my first CDs before I even owned the player. The first was U2's "Rattle and Hum," and that one CD remains a favorite. Somehow, the live performances and the sheer majestic beauty of some of the band's finest studio moments still speak to me. I remember the era well, and remember being seized by "With or Without You," a song that was still playing often on the radio when that prized album was released...
...wanted the CD player because it was a cool gadget. Yet it made me who I am. I'm a music freak. I love music. It plays constantly in my room; it plays often in my mind. Many of my fundamental life moments have come through or along with my music...
...every track has the liquid warmth of a freshly shed tear. This 28-year-old pianist is a wonder at weaving together musical traditions. On his last album, playing in a trio, he performed a moving jazz rendition of a song by the art-rock group Radiohead; on this CD, playing solo, he smoothly merges jazz improvisation with classical piano. A few of the tracks search for meaning and melody, but on songs like Resignation, Mehldau achieves an almost spiritual resonance, chords echoing like amens...