A Long Ride On Yankee Simplicity; John Adams's 'Earbox' Shows the Composer's Arc From: The Washington Post | Date: November 7, 1999| Author: Philip Kennicott | Copyright 1999 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

John Adams (the living composer, not the dead president) uses the word "Yankee" as if it explained everything elusive about his personality. High above the clamor of Rockefeller Center, Adams is dressed in the Yankee style familiar from L.L. Bean catalogues: smart and casual, yet earthy, like a well-scrubbed psychiatrist on holiday. He chooses the Yankee label to explain why his extraordinary popular success has never prompted him to collect European sports cars or Savile Row suits.

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