June 20, 2006 - Tuesday
I guess Harry told his drum teacher, Abe, that he'd been listening to Holst's The Planets at some point and Abe, who I'm realizing is a very well informed percussionist who knows rock, jazz, show tunes, and classical, turned it into Harry's recital piece. "Mission to Mars" is only about a minute long, but it features the familiar 5/4 war march and a few other little motifs from Holst's "Mars." It's a nice piece for Harry because Harry likes The Planets so much these days, also because it's a challenging piece that shows how far Harry has come playing his drums. It occurs to me as I listen to him practice it (perfectly) that he can play it better than I could, even though I've been a musician for about 35 years.


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