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Birnbaum belongs to a musical family: his wife is a professional violist, one of his sons a pianist who also happens to practice law, the other son a flautist who is studying composition at Stanford. Birnbaum himself admits to playing the piano "badly." Can he play a stringed instrument? "Only a tennis racquet," says Birnbaum solemnly, "but I like fiddling with words...
...Pianist McCoy Tyner's compositions, which feature straight-ahead improvisations around themes with strong rhythms, seem perfect for Carter. While Keith Jarrett is probably the premier jazz piano soloist today, Tyner is the greatest group player and composer. And Tyner's albums, especially the trio recordings, bring out the best in Carter. "Trident"--a trio recording featuring Elvin Jones on drums--is an amazing album, from Tyner's innovative use of the harpsicord to Carter's short-and-to-the-point solos. Carter, who is now one of the top recording bassists, also plays on Tyner's "Fly With...
Also at Harvard, Peabody-Mason Music Foundation presents pianist Gary Steigerwalt on Friday at 8:30 p.m. in Sanders Theatre. The first American pianist to win the Liszt-Bartok International Piano Competition is Budapest, Steigerwalt will play Haydn's Sonata in F Major, Bartok's Suite Op. 14, Preludes by Debussy and some Liszt and Schumann works, including Schumann's "Symphonic Etudes." Call 266-3314 for more info...
Composer Aron Copland and pianist Leo Smit will discuss the music they will play in concert on Wednesday night at a "Learning from Performers" lecture in the Kirkland Junior Common Room at 4 p.m. The lecture is free, but tickets are required and can be obtained at the Holyoke Center Ticket Office starting today...
...columnist occupies Wicker's old office at the paper's Washington bureau ("liberal ghosts in every corner"), but thinks up many of his columns at home, a 20-room, brick Colonial in Chevy Chase, Md. He lives there with his wife Helene, a former British model and pianist he met in New York in 1962, and their two children. Tall, relaxed and balding, Safire, 47, collects rare books and knows his way down a wine list. He batted out Full Disclosure in the mornings, without missing any of his twice-weekly columns. "This is my fifth book [first...