Keith Humble, Music and Me – Memories of a Shared Life
Jill HumbleBiography, Books
Healesville, Victoria: Fernmill Books, 2015 (121 pages). Available by emailing John Whiteoak, whiteoak@hotkey.net.au or writing to Fernmill Books PO Box 395, Healesville 3777
ISBN 978-0-646-93884-4
Reviewed by Michael Hannan, November 1st, 2015
I had the honour in 1971 of organising and promoting the premiere performance of Keith Humble’s Nunique VI in the Great Hall of The University of Sydney. I spent three days prior to the performance working with Keith and his long-time collaborator, Jean-Charles François, to facilitate the spectacle. It had many contrasting elements including a… continue reading »
Kinetic Conversations
Keith Humble (piano, electronic instruments), Bert Turetsky (contrabass)Classical, Improvisation, Music, New Music
Move MD 3352
Reviewed by Michael Hannan, April 1st, 2014
Keith Humble (1927-1995) distinguished himself as a composer of concert and electro-acoustic music, as a brilliant interpreter of new music and as an educator. This collection of recordings with legendary American contrabassist, Bertram Turetsky, represents another side of Humble’s versatility, namely free improvisation. Humble and Turetsky were colleagues in the music school at the University… continue reading »
