I bought his recordings from Recommended Records in London by mail order, who were selling some seriously odd stuff at the time (RIO, musique concrete, etc). Chris Cutler sent me a note inside one of the records with the words 'congratulations - this music is impossible'. Coming from a guy who played in Henry Cow, that's high praise indeed.
After listening to Nancarrow's music the works of The Residents seemed pretty pedestrian.
On 5 January 2012 16:42, trawnajim <jimab@rogers.com> wrote:
If you want extreme player-piano, you've got to go to the originator and master, Conlon Nancarrow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp2dWEYRzKY