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"London, 1969
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I'm 14 years old and standing in the Marquee Club in Wardour Street,
pinned
to the back wall by the colossal sound of the rock band King Crimson
playing
21st century Schizoid Man - in its power, the rock equivalent of the
Rite
of Spring. Then, a quieter moment; the sax player lifts up a silver
flute
and out floats the most beautiful sound I've ever heard, as Ian
McDonald
plays the solo in I Talk To The Wind. Well, that was it. I sold my
electric
guitar and bought a flute. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Velvet Afternoon
is inspired by the music of Erik Satie and other influential classical
composers
and is richly melodic. The style is distinctly classical but the
emphasis
is on good tunes with a relaxing contemporary feel. Following on from
the
success of Sketches
of Satie, where John and his brother Steve beautifully
re-interpreted
Erik Satie's piano works on flute and guitar, John Hackett now proves
that
he is a gifted composer in his own right. The combination of John's
flute-playing
and Sally Goodworth's mellifluous piano accompaniment makes this the
perfect
album to relax to.
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John Hackett studied Music at Sheffield University where he was taught flute by Paul Chapman and subsequently took lessons from Edward Beckett and David Butt. As an
original member of Steve Hackett's band, John regularly toured the USA
and Europe and
appears on several of Steve's albums. He later became a member of the
English
Flute Quartet, performing with them at the Purcell Room.
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