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Don Cody's avatar

Excuse me if this is a repost, but I just wanted to thank you for your article. I knew you would respond, and no writer could do it better. I was a young Engineer/Mixer when I did the first Bennett/Evans recording, and Co-Produced the second with Helen Keane. What struck me was the incredible respect each artist had for the other. They were both very quiet, but gentle, powerful individuals. I'll always treasure my time with each of them. They're now "Together Again". I love and miss them both.

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Tom Ellis's avatar

There are recordings that offer what I call "pure listening"--the kind of listening experience that requires absolute quiet (better without headphones for me), darkness, no visual stimulation--where the body relaxes and the ear can focus on the music, allowing the emotion and nuance, the interpretation and arrangement and the interplay between vocalist and musicians the attention deserved. Always rewarding. The lps by Tony and Bill Evans are at the top of this list.

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