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At 3:21pm on December 10, 2009, Simon Godden said…: Sorry Phil, I think we got our wires crossed. I wanted to know if you would like me to reproduce your 2 minute contribution to Chris Merritt's project, as you said that the Finale soundfonts were very poor.

And yes, Phillip Glass's operas were a joke, although his violin concerto has some nice moments

At 11:33am on December 10, 2009, Simon Godden said…: Hi Phil,

With regard to your contribution towards "The World's Longest Piece", would you be happy for me to reproduce it for you, as you said that the Finale soundfonts were very poor?
Please let me know if and when.

Cheers,

Simon

At 2:43pm on October 4, 2009, Deborah Young said…: I checked iTunes and they do have the other two.

At 7:40am on October 4, 2009, Deborah Young said…: Funny! I cam here today to find out when your CD would be released, and that info is at the top of your page. Great! Will your music be available on iTunes? I get most of my music from there these days. Anyway, I can hardly wait for the CD release.

At 6:43pm on April 7, 2009, Deborah Young said…: The start of Rain/Red Badge brings to mind an old romantic film from the 30s. Then it gets warmer and more modern. I like it. BTW, I grew up in Washington state. It's a nurturing environment for creativity.

At 10:44pm on February 6, 2009, Andy Farber said…: Dig it! Gauvin and Randazo went to my high school in Huntington Long Island. They were there 25 before me of course. Randazo is now a chef. I actualy met Joe through our mutual friend David Berger. Berger used to lead the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Randazo was the road manager.

At 9:18pm on February 6, 2009, Andy Farber said…: Yeah, I see all those guys from time to time. You must also know Alan Gauvin and John Marshall, right?

At 8:28pm on February 6, 2009, Andy Farber said…: Lanny Morgan! That explains it. Say, my lead alto man in NYC says he knew you back in Texas. Do you remember Chuck Wilson?

At 2:38pm on February 6, 2009, Andy Farber said…: I checked out Blueonious on your websight. You're swinging 'em into bad health. I noticed you're from Bellingham. Is that Chuck Isreals at the bass? It's hard to tell out of my little laptop speakers, I'll have to listen again to your stuff in my studio on a proper system. Your band sounds good, somewhat reminiscent of Oliver Nelson or Quincy Jones recordings. Your lead alto man reminded me a bit of Jerome.

Anyway, I'll did ya later. Gimme a shout if you get to NYC. 914-663-8323

At 11:52pm on February 4, 2009, Andy Farber said…: Hi Phil, thanks for checking out my sight. The big band track there isn't really my band, it's just me and two other cats playing all of the parts. That should explain why the drummer sucked, because it was me! Anyway, there are some clips of my big band on YouTube. Just search "Andy Farber & his Orchestra"

At 1:53pm on June 23, 2008, Chris Alpiar said…: Hey Phil if there were 5 scores I should buy and analyze which five would you choose? :)

At 1:35pm on May 28, 2008, phil Kelly said…: Thanks for the props Jery -

Now that I can see the light at the end of the tunnel on this project, I'm starting to get excited about getting it moving!

At 8:43am on May 28, 2008, Jerry Engelbach said…: I'm blown away.

Jesus, Phil, you make the rest of us sound like amateurs.

Wonderful, complex arrangements (and fabulous playing). I'm sure I could learn a lot from seeing the scores.

Much appreciate the notification.

Cheers,
Jer

At 3:41pm on May 27, 2008, phil Kelly said…: SNEAK PREVIEW OF MY NEW CD!!

On the playlist , I've added two new charts
that have been recorded by my "beta test " band -
the INCREDIBLE UNTx 2 O Clock lab band led by Jim Riggs ( who is retiring this year after 30 some years @ UNT ) These guys have tested all of my new stuff for the first two CDs, and are doing it again this year.

The tunes are @ the top of the playlist:
Play Tonic, Buds!
Limehouse Blues

I may a bit biased, but I think the 2 is easily the equal of the better known 1 O Clock . In fact , Riggs and the 2 O Clockers were selected as BEST college band in the recent Downbeat poll ( june issue ) and hopefully will have a great new CD of their own out soon.

I'm hoping to record my new one sometime this coming fall / winter. I have most of the writing done and about 66% of the production bread -so I'm fixin' to head towards the barn on this'n !

Watch this space!! :)

( and check out these kids on the playlist )

At 1:57pm on May 26, 2008, Ray Kemp said…: Hi Phil

My Museum featured on the main page player is just great!
Also performed by such a wonderful singer. IMO the standard and variety featured in this forum is second to none. I'm privileged to be here learning from it.

Kind Regards

Ray

At 9:40am on May 6, 2008, ahmadjawadi said…: Hello phil,
It is really nice to have a very nice comment from a great composer such as you, I'm really honored, thanks a lot.
Best regards,
Ahmad

At 6:11pm on May 5, 2008, ahmadjawadi said…: Hello phil,
Really beautiful and very high standard music, fantastic orchestration; you are really great composer.
Best regards,
Ahmad

At 7:57pm on April 16, 2008, Heavy said…: Like your instrumentation, what did you use for wind /strings? God Bless.
Heavy

At 3:08pm on April 7, 2008, phil Kelly said…: Hi Didier:

So called "smooth jazz" is a touchy subject for me. I guess it all comes down to where one subjectively draws the line stylistically.
I do own ( and enjoy ) CDs by artists like Dave Sanborn, Gerald Albright, Grover Washington,Tower of Power, EW&F, Tom Scott,Jeff Lorber, Chris Botti, the Yellowjackets, etc.

However: the product cranked out by Kenny G, Dave Koz, Boney James and the like holds absolutely no interest for me.

Therefore, I'm not sure if I have anything worthwhile to contribute to such a group.

but good luck with it anyway!

At 1:20am on April 7, 2008, Didier EUZET said…: Hello...
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