=-> Quoting LORNE MURPHY to MARTIN RIDGLEY:
 -=> From what I recall, Martin Ridgley said this to Lorne Murphy <=-
 MR> It sounds to me as if he's more of a team player than Wakeman
 MR> was. Moraz seems to listen to what's going on around him and his
 MR> playing supports and enhances what the other musicians are doing.
 LM> Well, again, this point may have proved invalid if Moraz had been
 LM> with the band longer.
   Good point.  You're right.  One album (3 tracks) is hardly enough
 to judge that.
 LM> But maybe not. I'm certainly not a Moraz hater by any means, just
 LM> a Wakeman lover (with Yes, that is!)
   And I'm certainly not slagging Wakeman.  He's a great keyboard player.
 But I think he tends to be over-rated, partly because of his flamboyance.
 He seems to me to be more of an individualist than a band-oriented 
 musician.
 MR> Now that I think of it, I believe I heard _Yeshows_ some years ago
 MR> and decided I didn't need it.  ;-)
 LM> Good decision.  Squire and White were the only two members that
 LM> backed that project. The rest of the band were against it, but it
 LM> was too late for them to do anything about it as it was already
 LM> out! I think Wakeman heard about it after it had been released for
 LM> a week or two... 
 
   Hmmm... I didn't know that.  Was Wakeman on it?  Or Moraz?  Or both?
 LM> ...there's a lot of problems with that album, but it's of course 
 LM> necessary for the completist like you or myself.
 LM> Great Dean cover too! :)
   Hehehe.... yeah, I know the cover.  But I'm not really a completist.
 I'm only marginally interested in it - mainly if Moraz is on it.
 MR> FWIW, he and Moraz have done a few albums together - just the two
 MR> of them.  Really interesting stuff.
 LM> I've heard _Flags_, but not _Music for..._, though I will
 LM> definitely pick it up if I see it around. I believe they met
 LM> through Squire while playing on _Fish out of Water_, easily the
 LM> best Yes solo album, IMO.
   Hmmmm.... I didn't know that.  Bruford and Moraz certainly seem to 
 work well together.
 MR> ..if you (or anyone reading this) know(s) of any other Patrick Moraz
 MR> albums, please let me know!  It would be greatly appreciated.
 LM> Well I already mentioned _Coexistence_, which is somewhat rare.
   Yeah, I'd never even heard of it until you mentioned it!
 LM> You should definitely check into that. Also _Timecode_, and
 LM> the '72 self-titled _Mainhorse_ album.
   I've got _Timecode_.  What's _Mainhorse_, though?  
 LM> It was the first and only Yes album without Anderson, but it's
 LM> excellent, IMO. It was basically mostly written by Howe/Squire/White,
 LM> with later injections by Downes/Horn. There are some great songs
 LM> on it.
   Okay.  I'll keep my eye out for a copy of that one as well.
 LM> Don't even bother with _Big Disappointment_.
   Yeah, nobody seems to have that high an opinion of it, so I think 
 I'll avoid it, too.  ;-)
   Thanks for all the info, Lorne.
   Cheers,
            Martin
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