![]() ![]() The clarinet opening he had listened to many times before grabbed him and didn’t let go. It was a couple of years after Kaplan’s father died that he found himself sitting at his dining table when a carousel of 300 CDs he had set to shuffle started playing Rhapsody in Blue. He even played with the likes of Louis Armstrong in Philadelphia when he was younger. In addition to being a cardiologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, his father was a clarinetist. It only exists in the mind,” he explains. It’s just a succession of moments and sounds, but it’s not a thing. “I’ve always been passionate about music and found it to be an amazing thing because it isn’t a thing. Kaplan is a musician who plays both the classical and jazz flute. Kaplan's newest novel is based on the famous George Gershwin composition.Ī love of music looms large over the entire narrative of the book. ![]()
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