After lunch at the top of the Post Office Museum--where you'll find a wonderful view of Copenhagen's rooftops--we walked out to hear the music of Yul Anderson, a talented African-American musician of note here who plays his upright piano in the middle of Copenhagen's walking street. A Danish woman standing next to me said to her friend: "Wow, he's really good. Now what's wrong with him? Is he blind or is he deaf?" Isn't he just a black musician playing an upright piano on the sidewalk? I chuckled to myself. Isn't that enough to have stirred a lot of attention? That, and the fact, that he plays very beautifully. Listen on this You Tube video a tourist posted from last summer.
From Yul Anderson's website: "Music is for the people and the streets are where you find the ears and hearts of the people, Mozart did it. It's the best way to introduce everyone including new born babies and little old ladies to my new music. It's a good place for anyone who wishes to test their talents and try new things because people do not lie when it comes to music. In the streets the only hype is the music itself. Either you got that feeling or you don’t, and if you got that feeling people want it in the streets, in the best concert halls, in their car, in their bedroom, and everywhere, all the time."
