Officially, Eurock began in 1971 as a radio program featuring Experimental European Rock. What followed was a lifelong adventure into the weird and wonderful world of musical innovation. I had no idea in the beginning that a world filled with far away artists would open up for me and some of the new friends & partners I made all around the globe would still be with me in my 68th year. A trip to Europe in 2015 took me to France. In Paris, I met some of today’s most innovative creators of art and music. I saw historic places, met people and experienced a culture that opened my eyes. Outside the small places we inhabit in our daily lives, there exists people filled with a warmth of human spirit & wellspring of creativity that transcends the mindset of self-gratification and absorption present today in my homeland. Previous Eurock books have dealt extensively with the impact of music on culture, its effect and evolution. For this book, I wanted to convey what I experienced on my trip, while at the same time focusing more on a specific topic. The Music of Gilbert Artman & Urban Sax documents the creative journey and music of one of our generation’s greatest artists and musical innovators Gilbert Artman. The book is not intended to be an academic history per se, but instead more like a listener's guide exploring his diversity of artistic ideas and concepts as well as chronicling the excellence of his work through its various musical incarnations. I hope it ultimately succeeds in offering readers a perspective about what constitutes a truly experimental creative process. In my mind, it certainly offers ample evidence that Gilbert has been the catalyst for some of the most incredible musical creativity in France, as well as International contemporary music history.

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