Spanning Rivers, Bridging Time - Dedicated to Paul Adler by Andrew York

Описание: The friends and family of Paul Adler commissioned a solo guitar work from the versatile guitarist and composer Andrew York to commemorate the 5th anniversary of Paul's passing.

Paul Adler was a gifted drummer, guitarist, composer, blogger, writer, and friend to many. Trained in classical music, and jazz (he was 13 years old when he started gigging with a jazz quartet), but with a love of hard-rock bands like Avenged Sevenfold and As I Lay Dying, Paul was in demand as a drummer in the New York Tri-State area. As talented as he was on the drums, Paul’s love of telling stories turned his mind towards composing.

When Paul got out of college, the first thing that he did was to compose and record his 2nd album. This album was his finest hour, carefully composed, arranged, and performed. Unfortunately, the world was coming out of a big recession, and Paul could not get interest from a major record label. But even to this day, the work stands on its own and resonates in today’s challenging world. Paul would love nothing more than for you to listen to his album, his magnum opus, a work titled Jazz Funeral. You can find this album on Bandcamp (I wrote out the link so that YT doesn't mangle the URL )

jazzfuneral.bandcamp.com slash album slash jazz-funeral

His writing reflected his distinctive and distinctively New York state of mind, His warmth and wit shone through in his stories and captured the endless parade of characters hitting him up for cigarettes. His voice is as empathetic as it is acerbic, and his stories find strange beauty in the bodegas, bus stops, diners, delis, offices, and subway trains of his everyday life.

His stories have been gathered in a book that was lovingly put together by his cousin. All proceeds from the book's sale are donated to charities dealing with drug addiction and mental health.

You can find the book by searching Amazon for "Bumming Bed Stuy Memoir"