{"id":6162,"date":"2014-07-07T20:42:34","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T19:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/?p=6162"},"modified":"2021-02-17T00:27:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T23:27:18","slug":"6162","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2014\/07\/07\/6162\/","title":{"rendered":"Howard Karp"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pianist Howard Karp (photo by Katrin Talbot)<\/p><\/div>\n

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For the last few weeks, I\u2019ve been meaning to write a blog post titled \u201cIf you buy only one recording this year, make it this one.\u201d<\/p>\n

The<\/em><\/strong> recording in question is a new six-disc collection of live performances by the American pianist Howard Karp, released in May by Albany Records. Howard Karp died on Monday, June 30, 2014 at the age of 84 after suffering a cardiac arrest. He \u00a0was surrounded by his wife Frances and his two sons Parry and Christopher. Although the set was only released last month, I\u2019ve been listening to and thinking about it for nearly a year, ever since the Karp family paid me the enormous compliment of asking me to write the program notes for it.<\/p>\n