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The atmosphere was wide open in those circles that we traveled in.

~David Amram

Topics: Atmosphere Circles Open Those Traveled Wide

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In a jazz atmosphere, the audience members were so quiet and respectful of the musicians that you felt you were almost part of a meeting at a church or a temple, where everyone was completely in tune with the sermon and what the whole event was about.

~David Amram

Topics: About Almost Atmosphere Audience Church Event Everyone Felt Jazz Meeting Members Musicians Part Quiet Respectful Sermon Temple Tune Were Where Whole You

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The Upper Bohemia people wore tuxedos in an art gallery, and Lower Bohemia was all of us.

~David Amram

Topics: Art Bohemia Gallery Lower People Upper Us Wore

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We met with the poet Frank O'Hara, who was a link between Upper and Lower Bohemia, and who worked at the Museum of Modern Art, where we had hoped to do the readings.

~David Amram

Topics: Art Between Bohemia Frank Had Hoped Link Lower Met Modern Modern Art Museum Poet Readings Upper Where Who Worked

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When you are accompanying someone, you are listening to them the way you listen to a Bach Chorale, where four parts are going on at the same time, all of which are gorgeous melodies, all being played simultaneously.

~David Amram

Topics: Bach Being Four Going Gorgeous Listen Listening Melodies Parts Played Same Same Time Simultaneously Someone Them Time Way Where Which You

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In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling the whole orchestra, thinking ahead so you can prepare for a change.

~David Amram

Topics: Change Conducting Feeling Music Orchestra Prepare Same Same Thing Thing Thinking Whole You Ahead

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That is what I did with Jack, and that's why he liked to do the readings with me because he knew I was there for him, and for our ability to blend the poetry and the music.

~David Amram

Topics: Ability Because Blend Did He Him Jack Knew Liked Me Music Our Poetry Readings Why

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a tremendous education as an artist and also an enormous knowledge of literarture.

~David Amram

Topics: Also Artist Education Enormous Had Knowledge Lawrence Tremendous

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Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics.

~David Amram

Topics: Allen Authority Blake Classic Had Incredible Knowledge Literature Politics William World Writing

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Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village.

~David Amram

Topics: Became Black Black And White Did Gorgeous Greenwich Hang His Known Landscapes May Paintings Portraits Series Still Village White Who Whole Wonderful

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Composer

Born: November 17th, 1930

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