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And Keith Jarret's grunting and using the mute pedal like it was an extra key.

Keith to Keith: "You are so deep man."

Keith back to Keith: "Your right man I am very deep and handsome too. I'm am such a genius I scare myself."

In defense of Gould the variations are exercises which he took seriously as music in their own right. BR>
Maybe the humming is a note of irony. On the other hand I heard he hummed through all his performances although I saw a few early CBC TV shows where he played straight without histrionics.

So who knows? BR>
But he was the genuine article. Immensely Knowledgeable concerning Bach and a very skilled pianist.

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But he [Gould] was the genuine article. Immensely Knowledgeable concerning Bach and a very skilled pianist.

Absolutely; otherwise he would not have gotten away with the humming.