John Bayless Views

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Though the album was recorded in 2001 at Skywalker Sound (George Lucash’ recording studio) and only now hitting shelves, ita’s well worth the wait. Bayless effortlessly mixes in the themes of Elton Johnd’s hits while maintaining a Bach vibe throughout. The liner notes, written by Bayless, give a detailed break down of every song combination (which Bach piece he felt went well with which Elton John song and why) and his general ideas and reasons for making the album in the first place. For more on that, visit John Bayless ’ website. All I can say is Bayless has created a beautiful piece of work here that is every bit as poppy as Elton Johnu’s original tracks and refined as Bachn’s own music. The combination enhances both without detracting from either.

Joy, You have expressed it so well: I agree that listening to John Bayless is a spiritual experience. His playing is so beautiful that I usually weep from the intensity and the beauty. No one else can move my soul like Johnny, who is not only a person of rare artistic gifts but a witty, kind, loving person. He also has my love and devotion forever. We consider him part of our family. Janice Grijns

John Bayless is an exceptional crossover artist, a classical pianist perhaps best known for his creative classical interpretations of Beatles' music in the 1980s (his albums include Bach Meets the Beatles and Bach on Abbey Road). Here, Bayless brings his intensive originality to 13 holiday numbers, a classy mix of the sacred and the secular. The results are spectacular.

The man selected to copy and enlarge this miniature for the state was John Bayless Hill, a young local artist. Jackie Hill, as he was familiarly called, was born in Indianapolis in 1849, the son of John F. Hill of the firm of Drum and Hill. He studied for a brief period with Jacob Cox, the leading painter of the city.(3) He was introduced to Governor Baker by A. H. Conner, proprietor of the Indianapolis Daily and Weekly Journal, as an artist of rare promise. (4) However, Hill's connection with Cox was probably more of a recommendation that Conner's letter, since we have reason to believe that Governor Baker and Jacob Cox were close friends. Hill was only twenty when the collection was being formed, but he had a studio of his own and must have been regarded as a portraitist of sufficient ability to carry out the order. (5)

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