Reviews for Vibrations; the adventures and musical times of David Amram

The average rating for Vibrations; the adventures and musical times of David Amram based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-11-09 00:00:00 Joseph Palombi A fun and free-wheeling memoir of a young, bohemian composer come from the farm country of Pennsylvania to the big city, becomes the first composer for Shakespeare in the Park under Joe Pabst, the first composer in residence at the NY Phil under Leonard Bernstein, and hangs with some of the greatest literary figures of his time way before any of them had ever made it big. It is a very fun adventure to experience through Amram's gregarious narrative style.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-05-13 00:00:00 Eric Glaser Quite honestly it has been a few years since I read David's book, but what I remember mostly is that it had a profound impact on me as a young musician living in New York City back in the day. The book is filled to the brim with stories including living in the East Village when it was a central base for artists, jamming with Charlie Mingus, accompanying Jack Kerouac during the core years of the Beat movement, being an integral part of the folk community, and, at the same time, being the first composer in residence for the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Leonard Bernstein. The book covers the first 37 years of his life (1930-1967) but in it, through David's wonderful narrative style, we are able to travel back to those moments in the '50s and '60s and see a man dedicated to music as an art form and living every day to better himself not only as a musician, but as a man and his love of our global community. One of the best autobiographies I have ever read!