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Anthony Davis

George Varga spricht mit dem Pianisten und Komponisten Anthony Davis, der am 20. Februar 60 Jahre alt wird ( San Diego Union-Tribune ). Davis hätte in seiner Jugend fast mit der Rockband The Grateful Dead gespielt, als einige deren Mitglieder den 20 Jahre alten Studenten in einem Club hörten und beeindruckt waren. Seine Eltern bestanden aber darauf, dass er seinen Abschluss machte, und Davis meint rückblickend: "Vielleicht haben meine Eltern damit mein Leben gerettet", weil nämlich "fast jeder Pianist der Dead sich irgendwann eine (tödliche) Überdosis setzte". Davis spricht über den Einfluss von Thelonious Monk sowie über verschiedene Bücher, die ihn darauf brachten, sich intensiver mit dem Operngenre auseinanderzusetzen. Varga resümiert Davis' Karriere, seine Zusammenarbeit mit Wadada Leo Smith und anderen sowie seine eigenen Projekte, especially his opera "X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X", "Under the Double Moon", "Tania," "Amistad," "Wakonda's Dream" and "Lilith". At present he is working on several new opera projects, including one playing that in the wake of the Cuban revolution. "

George Varga talks to the pianist and composer Anthony Davis, who will turn 60 on February 20th ( San Diego Union-Tribune ). Davis nearly joined the Grateful Dead when members of the band heard the 20-year-old student at a club and were impressed. His parents insisted on him finishing school, and Davis comments, "maybe my parents saved my life", as "nearly every piano player in the Dead (fatally) OD'd. Davis talks about the influence of Thelonious Monk and some of the readings that got him interested in opera. Varga sums up Davis's career through collaborations with Wadada Leo Smith and others and his own projects, especially his operas, "X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X", "Under the Double Moon", "Tania," "Amistad," " Wakonda's Dream "and" Lilith ". Currently he works on several new operas, including one set in the wake of the Cuban revolution. "