Chris and Sridhar discuss famous musical families, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and his father Johann Sebastian, the magnificence of the organ as an instrument, the affinities between Baroque and Jazz music, and a mysterious instrument conceived by Leonardo da Vinci.

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Useful Links:

Sridhar's New York Times Crossword

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - wikipedia

Johann Sebastian Bach - wikipedia

ITL #7: The Source Code (the Bach episode)

Sridhar's essay on CPE Bach

Teatro La Fenice in Venice

Gabrieli in St Mark's Basilica

Giovanni Gabrieli's Sonata XIII

Rick Steves in St Mark's

The Making of Gabrieli - mini documentary with John Williams

Early Music Revival

Bach Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

Sideways - Why Pipe Organs Sound Scary

Some of Bach's technical specs and a menu from his organ consulting days

Bach - Organ Pedal Exercise BWV 598

Denis Bouriakov plays Bach Chaconne on flute

Karl Joseph Riepp - organ builder

Riepp's organ in Ottobeuren Abbey

Karl Richter plays Bach at Ottobeuren Abbey

Netherlands Bach Society - All of Bach Project

Netherlands Bach Society play Vivaldi's "Winter"

Notes inégales - wikipedia

Bill Evans - wikipedia

Bill Evans in conversation with his brother Harry

Miles Davis - Stella by Starlight

Ella Fitzgerald - Stella by Starlight

Lullaby of Birdland - Count Basie

Barthold Kuijken - Bach Partita for Flute

Chick Corea & Hubert Laws play Bach

MrVinylObsessive's video of So What by Miles Davis

Kind of Blue - wikipedia

The mysterious picture Sridhar sent to Chris

Viola organista - wikipedia

First performance on Leonardo da Vinci's viola organista

Walter Isaacson - Leonardo da Vinci biography (highly recommended by both of us!)