BURT BACHARACH

pop pianist-composer

“No, I don’t really remember the first album that I bought, but I know that my early influences were bebop era musicians like Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. They certainly turned my head as a young kid, you know?

“And at the same time, I was also discovering the music of the French impressionists like Ravel and Debussy. Their music really spoke to me.”