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Craig Hodgetts credits the “unencumbered and exceedingly emotional” style of Miles Davis for shaping the direction of his architectural work. He also names the sounds of Vangelis and Terry Riley as inspirations in a guest DJ set that is a tribute to all kinds of creative work. Hodgetts and his partner Ming Fung designed LACMA’s exhibit on California design from1930 to 1965 that was launched as part of the Pacific Standard Time initiative.
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Tracks
1. Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major
2. Nature Boy - Miles Davis
3. A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
4. In C - Terry Riley
5. Main Titles (from Blade Runner) - Vangelis
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Craig Hodgetts credits the “unencumbered and exceedingly emotional” style of Miles Davis for shaping the direction of his architectural work. He also names the sounds of Vangelis and Terry Riley as inspirations in a guest DJ set that is a tribute to all kinds of creative work. Hodgetts and his partner Ming Fung designed LACMA’s exhibit on California design from1930 to 1965 that was launched as part of the Pacific Standard Time initiative.
For More: http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/californiadesign
https://www.facebook.com/#!/hplusf
Tracks
1. Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major
2. Nature Boy - Miles Davis
3. A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
4. In C - Terry Riley
5. Main Titles (from Blade Runner) - Vangelis
Transcript
JS: This is Jeremy Sole and I’m here with architect Craig Hodgetts, one half of the firm Hodgetts and Fung, who have designed many Los Angeles landmarks, including the remodel of the Hollywood Bowl. Today, we are here to talk about music as part of KCRW’s Guest DJ Project. If it’s all right with you, let’s dive in. What’s going to be your first pick for this?
CH: Well the first one is Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto. This is there because I was an asthmatic kid. And I had a lot of problems, particularly because my parents were Christian Scientists. And so they were casting around for protocol that would address my asthma, but would not involve any sort of medication. So they hit upon the trumpet.
They took me to a fantastic man, Henry Wohlgemuth, who was the first chair trumpeter at the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. So Henry Volgamuth became my kind of surrogate parent, very insp...
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