Comments on: Alan Rich: June 17, 1924 – April 23, 2010

By: John Whiting

John Whiting — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:01:17 +0000

An expanded version of my obituary for the Guardian is on my KPFA website: http://www.kpfahistory.info/music/rich_obit.html

By: Christine Upton

Christine Upton — Thu, 20 May 2010 23:50:53 +0000

I loved his book. I take it with me every year to the Ojai Festival to re-read it.

By: Jonathan Valenti

Jonathan Valenti — Sun, 02 May 2010 21:11:07 +0000

Debussy’s ‘Pelleas et Melisande’ is the most exquisite, the most ravishing and the most addictive of all operas.

By: Jerry Kavanagh

Jerry Kavanagh — Sat, 01 May 2010 00:21:08 +0000

R.I.P., Alan, a mentor, teacher, and friend from New York Magazine with a warm personality and a sense of humor.

By: John Whiting

John Whiting — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:53:21 +0000

The beginning of the New York installment of Alan’s career is covered in a conversation with a later KPFA music director, Will Ogden, recorded in 1962: http://www.kpfahistory.info/music/rich-ogden.mp3

By: John Whiting

John Whiting — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:56:05 +0000

Alan, thank you for over half a century of my musical education, starting way back when we both sold 78s at Art Music in the early 50s. I’m going to listen again to the hour’s conversation we had in ’94 about KPFA and the seminal role you played in making it what it once was: http://www.kpfahistory.info/conv/conv021_rich.mp3