Mari

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Dan needs no introduction. He's truly one of the greatest session musicians on the planet and he kindly shared a lot of insight on this episode about his work on Catch Me If You Can and many other things. Enjoy!

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It’s always so wonderful to read humblebrag social media posts like these! Nothing gladdens my heart like reading about other people having experiences the vast majority of us can never hope to enjoy. So happy for Steve! 🤨 

The program listing from the CSO website:
 
Williams Overture to The Cowboys
Williams Suite from Jane Eyre
Williams The Adventures of Mutt from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Williams A New Beginning from Minority Report
Williams Adventures on Earth from E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Williams Flight to Neverland from Hook
Williams A Child's Tale: Suite from The BFG
Williams Out to Sea and Shark Cage Fugue from Jaws
Williams With Malice Toward None from Lincoln
Williams Three Selections from Star Wars

I wonder if the Air and Simple Gifts performance by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Quartet is the arrangement John Williams wrote for Barack Obama's inauguration.

It was an f’ing awesome day!!!
 

 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Steven-Spielberg-Confirmed-As-A-Special-Guest-For-The-John-Williams-Maestro-Of-The-Movies-Weekend-At-The-Hollywood-Bowl-20180823

https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Steven-Spielberg-Confirmed-As-A-Special-Guest-For-The-John-Williams-Maestro-Of-The-Movies-Weekend-At-The-Hollywood-Bowl-20180823

For those of you who missed it, here it is: https://youtu.be/S2E-PHhxtYg 
 
Listen quick, I'll be taking this down in a day or so, unless YouTube beats me to it, as they've done quite quickly in the past for radio broadcasts...

I was lucky enough to attend the Grammy Tribute last night. John Williams attended! He also gave a wonderful speech which paid tribute to the orchestras he has worked with. He was introduced by Gustav Dudamel. 
The event was surprisingly underattended. We were invited to move to a closer section to fill in the seats for the camera. 
Other attendees included Neil Diamond (who performed "Daydream Believer" with Micky Dolenz followed by "Sweet Caroline"), Emmylou Harris, The Meters and Sammy Hagar. Tina Turner accepted by video but nobody from Queen participated. We instead had to suffer through an uninspired "We Will Rock You" led by Sammy Hagar. 
The main point though: John Williams was present and it was a wonderful evening. 
I stole a few pictures but this it it because i didn't want to fall prey to their no camera policy. 
 

Anne Akiko Meyers To Perform Tribute To John Williams At 2018 GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends

I took a hundred pictures at this concert - most of them blurry and crappy. I finally went through them all.  I like this one a lot, I snuck some pics of him conducting. This is the best one.

This one is adorable.

Is he looking at me..?

Marin and the maestro

...wait wait, did you hear the one about Schindler’s List??

No, John... Thank YOU!

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/blog/recording-academy-honor-2018-special-merit-awards-recipients-grammy-salute-music-legends-great-performances/