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BookWORM: Barry Likumahuwa; The flying Reader
What not many people know about jazz bassist Barry Likumahuwa is that he is an eclectic reader whose tastes range from popular novels to biographies
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hat not many people know about jazz bassist Barry Likumahuwa is that he is an eclectic reader whose tastes range from popular novels to biographies.
Born Elseos Jeberani Emanuel Likumahuwa in Jakarta on June 14, 1983 to a family of jazz musicians, he keeps the Harry Potter saga on his bookshelves ' side by side with biographies and other books on founding president Sukarno.
'I don't have specific interests in books. I read books that have caught my attention or have good reviews. It's just a random thing,' he said.
While he was busy promoting Innerlight, the latest album of the Barry Likumahuwa Project (BLP) and releasing a compilation album titled Feel Good Collective, available on iTunes, Barry could hardly find time to finish JD Salinger's classic, The Catcher in the Rye.
'The book was the most frequently banned book in history. I just want to know what's in it.
'I don't read every day and the most time possible I could get is on flights while on tour to other cities,' said Barry, whose said the most expensive book he ever bought was Pharrell Williams' Places and Spaces I've Been.
He picked three titles from his collection that he said were his favorites for thought-provoking stories.
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
(Mitch Albom)
I saw the book on sale and the endorsement quotes made me read it.
The
book is a memoir by Albom on 14 visits he made on Tuesdays to his old
college professor Morrie Schwartz. Morrie, who was dying of motor neuron
disease (ALS), gave him another class that changed Mitch's life
forever.
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
(Mitch Albom)
The title was included in Albom's list of works on the back of the
previous book, so I just bought it. It turned out a very interesting
story about the afterlife.
Jaco: The Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius
(Bill Milkowski)
It's an interesting book. I like how the author wrote the biography. The book is a tribute to Jaco, a bassist, who bridged the gaps between jazz, R&B, rock and funk music. He was murdered in 1987 at age 35.
