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Kirk Covington is an American drummer who appeared on the album "None Too Soon". He also appeared on Allan's cover version of "Michelle". | Kirk Covington is an American drummer who appeared on the album "None Too Soon". He also appeared on Allan's cover version of "Michelle". | ||
==[[A Different View (Modern Drummer 1996)]]== | |||
RF: Who is on the album you just did? | |||
AH: About a year ago, I was asked to do a track on a Mike Mainieri album, which was a collection of different guitar players doing Beatles songs. It was pretty much last-minute, so he said, "Just pick a Beatles tune, record it, and send it." I called Gordon Beck, a fantastic piano player who was in from England, and he said he had a cool arrangement of "Michelle." I knew the tune was going to be in a straight-ahead vein, and there's only one bass player who comes to my mind when I think of that: Gary Willis. I know how it is with drummers and bass players, so I asked him who he wanted to play with. He said Kirk Covington, which was fine with me. We did the track and I sent it off. They liked it and it came out. I enjoyed working with those guys, so I decided to do an album that was slightly different than my normal projects. I hadn't written any new music, so it was perfect timing. There's only one original on the album, but the rest of them are jazz standards—a John Coltrane tune, a couple of Joe Henderson tunes, familiar tunes. I'm pleased with how it turned out. | |||
RF: So if I say Kirk Covington, what do you think of? | |||
AH: The enjoyment I had working with him on this particular project. This was a different project from what either of us do normally, and I would love to have a chance to play with him on my own music. But that's an experience I've yet to have. I would really look forward to playing with him in a context that is outside the one we just did. | |||
==[[Allan Holdsworth Interview (richardhallebeek.com 1996)]]== | ==[[Allan Holdsworth Interview (richardhallebeek.com 1996)]]== | ||
