Re: Getting to Robert Bonfiglio's website

["Ken Wolman" <kwolman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris Michalek wrote:

> The funny thing is that his stuff is readily available as bootlegs in
> taiwan, hong kong and tokyo.  To me that is one of the greatest
> markers of success as a musician.

The repertoire he plays makes me salivate and reach for the SCX-48 for 
some more scale work.  The little audio clip of the Villa Lobos 
concerto...well, I suspect God invented the chromatic harmonica for 
music like that.  I seem to remember the interview on Free Reed with 
Larry Adler, who was still somewhat peeved that Villa Lobos told him 
(Adler) he was writing the concerto for him, then gave it to someone 
else for the premiere.

Bootlegs?  I guess there's a fine line between bootleg and pirate.  If 
the music on those CDs is up to the level of the Villa Lobos excerpt, I 
can see why people would pass the stuff in back alleys, so to speak.  I 
just wish Tower and outlets in the open had as much respect for the 
classical harmonica as buyers in Asia seem to possess.

KW
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