Liten Visa Till Karin January 5, 2009

In the summer of 2008, my mate D. and I visited Europapark, in Germany, for two days. For the drive to Silverstar, I took along my freshly purchased CD “Time Being”, by Peter Erskine.

Both D. and I were astonished by the beauty of “Liten Visa till Karin” (not much to show to Karen, I think). I think we listened to that one song as much as 10 times. Over and over again, racing at topspeed over the highway.

Number 7 on the CD, “Bulgaria” is as beautiful as “Liten Visa till Karin”, but from a different atmosphere. Anyway, a lot of respect to John Tayler, who plays the piano on this CD. He is superb.

Time Being - Peter Erskine

Cartier-Bresson and Maceo Parker January 4, 2009

Yesterday, I felt the urge to buy a book and a CD. Dussmann is not so far away, so I hopped in the S-Bahn and got out at Friedrichsstrasse.The Maceo Parker CD and the little book with pictures of Cartier-Bresson were quickly chosen.

Cartier-Bresson is one of the most famous Magnum photographers. I think that it is a bit of a pitty that he only took black and white pictures. Nevertheless, his photos are very strong and very well composed. I especially enjoy how he sees lines and shows them in his pictures. Lines are always mentioned in “how to compose your photos” tutorials, and Cartier-Bresson really masters the art.

Cartier-Bresson's most famous

Maceo Parker is perhaps lesser known to the general public, but he is a hero in the saxophone/brass band/jazzy world, I think. My interest in him was awakened by S., a new German acquaintance. The CD is full of good-humoured shuffles and grooves, easy and very understandable. Sometimes, James Brown and Ray Charles can be heared!