Inspired simultaneously and erratically by the blog thoughts of both Stanley Lee and Ned Rorem.

Feb 8, 2003

On a lesson with J. Lo:
After over a semester of swimming through the conservative hogwash of Yale, I had almost forgotten what it was like to be in the presence of a pianist/teacher par excellence. He, who can teach anything.

Granted, J. Lo isn't really a specialist at any particular period of music, his breadth of knowledge in the standard (and non-standard) pianists repertoire is the most amazing shit I've ever seen in my life. It's my belief that deep down inside, J. Lo is what every student pianist works his entire life trying to be....

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