Ashur-
banipal Bach is a
student of Rock, a grand-
nephew of Johann Sebastian,
who, when
yet a young fellow, ar-
ranged for the 'cello his
feint on the "Saint Matthew Passtian."
Ashur-
banipal Bach keeps great
time (like a clock: tock, tock,
tick) so he's nicknamed 'Cartier.'
Once, when
op'ra was needed, folks'
summons he heeded: his
"Qarmen" recalls George Bizier.
Ashur-
banipal Bach channels
Bartok, Beach, Bloch. Bach's "Toc-
cata for Glockenspiel"'s Grammy
serves to
put on the map a 'til-
now-unknown chap -- one An-
navarupa Rama Swammy.
Ashur-
banipal Bach I e-
lect not to mock nor to
jeer but to merely take stock,
through this
partial parade, of the
music he's made, boy and
man: Ashurbanipal Bach.
