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Julian & Roman WASSERFUHR – Landed in Brooklyn – ACT
Julian & Roman WASSERFUHR – Landed in Brooklyn – ACT 9829-2, 56:59 (3/17/17) ****½: Beautiful charts and ensemble work, highlighted by supremely confident and accomplished trumpet playing. (Julian Wasserfuhr; trumpet & Flugelhorn/ Roman Wasserfuhr; piano, marimba, seaboard/ Donny McCaslin; tenor saxophone/ Tim Lefebvre; bass/ Nate Wood; drums) It’s nice when siblings can get along, but […]
Ross Hammond – Follow Your Heart – Prescott Recordings
Ross Hammond – Follow Your Heart – Prescott Recordings [2/27/17] stereo vinyl, 39:26 ****: Delta and Appalachian Blues get an acoustic upgrade on vinyl. (Ross Hammond – solo acoustic Resonator guitar & 12-string guitar) As a twelve-year old growing up in Sacramento, Ross Hammond’s life suddenly changed. His mother bought a guitar for him. In […]
Petros KLAMPANIS, doublebass – Chroma – Motema
Petros KLAMPANIS – Chroma – Motema 219, 44: 34 (3/10/17) ***: (Petros Klampanis; bass/ Gilad Hekselman; guitar/ Shai Maestro; piano/ John Hadfield; drums/ Keita Ogawa; percussion/ Gokce Erem, Megan Gould, Eylem Basaldi, Migen Selman; violins/ Carrie Frey, Peter Kiral; violas/ Colin Stokes, Sam Quiggins; cello) Gilad Hekselman shines on original arrangements which involve heavy use […]
Ron Boustead – Unlikely Valentine – Art-Rock Music
Ron Boustead – Unlikely Valentine – Art-Rock Music, 43:56 ***: A tasty treat. (Ron Boustead – vocals; Bill Cunliffe – piano, Fender Rhodes; Hammond B-3; Mitchel Forman – piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3, accordion; John Leftwich – acoustic bass; Jake Reed – drums, percussion; Pat Kelley – acoustic & electric guitar; Bob Sheppard – saxes, […]
Joey DeFrancesco (B-3) + The People – Project Freedom – Mack Ave.
Joey DeFrancesco + The People – Project Freedom – Mack Avenue MAC 1121, 64:20 [3/10/17] ****1/2: B-3 master shows a lot of heart in debut for new label. (Joey DeFrancesco – organ, keyboards, trumpet; Jason Brown – drums; Troy Roberts – tenor sax, soprano sax; Dan Wilson – guitar) Joey DeFrancesco has always been proud […]
Eight Christmas CDs for the 2016 Holidays
Eight Christmas CDs of Note, Holidays 2016 “Song of the Nativity” – The Sixteen/ Harry Christophers – Coro COR16146, 73:58 (10/14/16) [Distr. by Naxos] *****: This wonderful Christmas offering comprises some of the best modern carols and choral works of the modern age, sung to absolute perfection by a noted and very reliable ensemble. The […]
Fiona Boyes – Professin’ The Blues – Reference Recording
Fiona Boyes – Professin’ The Blues – Reference Recording RR-140 HDCD, 54:07 ****: Delta blues and more from another part of the world. (Fiona Boyes – guitars, vocals/ Jim Bott – drums, percussion/ Denny Crow – bass) Blues music began as a regional cultural touchstone. Through jazz, rock and roll and country/western, the once provincial […]
A Slight Departure – Birdsong At Morning – Expanded Edition (Video & Pure Audio Blu-ray + CD) – Blue Gentian
A Slight Departure – Birdsong At Morning – Expanded Edition (Video & Pure Audio Stereo Blu-ray + CD) – Blue Gentian 008, 53:22 (7/21/15) ****: A very unusual video Blu-ray plus CD and unusual hi-res music too. (1st Amazon button may be for the CD alone, the 2nd for the Blu-ray) (Alan Williams – acoustic & […]
BEETHOVEN 7th Sym.; SCHUBERT 8th Sym.; Encores – Philadelphia Orch./Stokowski (1927) – Pristine
1927 readings of Beethoven and Schubert achieve an ardent, fiery gloss in these remasterings. BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 93; SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 in b, D. 759 “Unfinished”; Moment Musical No. 3 in f (arr. Stokowski), D. 780; Rosamunde, D. 797: Ballet Music No. 2: Two Versions – Philadelphia Orch./ Leopold […]
David Fiuczynski – Flam! Blam! Pan Asian Microjam! – RareNoise
Welcome to David Fiuczynski’s microtonal jazz terrain: unfamiliar musical landscapes abound. David Fiuczynski – Flam! Blam! Pan Asian Microjam! [TrackList follows] RareNoise RNR058, 47:02 [3/18/16] ****: (David Fiuczynski – fretted and fretless guitar, piano (track 6), percussion (tracks 4, 7, 9); Helen Sherrah-Davies – violin (tracks 1-7); Yazhi Guo – suona (oboe) and Chinese percussion […]
********** Ben Webster – The Warm Moods ********** With orch. arr. & cond. by Johnny Richards – Reprise/Pure Pleasure vinyl
A wonderful long and intimate vinyl session with Ben Webster. * Ben Webster – The Warm Moods [TrackList follows] – With orch. arr. & cond. by Johnny Richards – Reprise (also Discovery) R9-2001 (1960)/ Pure Pleasure (2015) [11/6/15] *****: What a sound! I had thought Stan Getz was my favorite saxist, but now I’m sure it’s […]
The Stryker/Slagle Band Expanded – Routes – Strikezone
A jazz journey from two artists who’ve been there, done that. The Stryker/Slagle Band Expanded – Routes [TrackList follows] – Strikezone 8813, 50:16 [2/5/16] ****: (Dave Stryker – guitar, co-producer; Steve Slagle – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone (track 2), flute (tracks 2, 6), horn arranger, co-producer; John Clark – French horn; Billy Drewes – tenor […]
Clarence Carter – Patches – Atlantic/ Pure Pleasure – vinyl
Pure Pleasure re-mastered vinyl is a soul classic!
Marshall Gilkes & The WDR Big Band – Köln – Alternate Side
A fervent and melodic display from an exceptional ensemble.
Circulation – The Music Of Gary McFarland – The Gary McFarland Legacy Ensemble – Planet Arts
A perceptive and gracious look at the music of Gary McFarland.
STEVE REICH: Electric Counterpoint (version for steel pans, vibes, marimba & pre-recorded tape); Six Marimbas Counterpoint; Vermont Counterpoint – kuniko, percussion – Linn IANNIS XENAKIS: Pléïades; Rebonds – kuniko, percussion – Linn
Two very avant percussion SACDs from a Japanese master of the form.
STEVE REICH: Electric Counterpoint (version for steel pans, vibes, marimba & pre-recorded tape); Six Marimbas Counterpoint; Vermont Counterpoint – kuniko, percussion – Linn IANNIS XENAKIS: Pléïades; Rebonds – kuniko, percussion – Linn
Two very avant percussion SACDs from a Japanese master of the form.
Duke Ellington – The Original Recordings That Inspired The Broadway Hit “After Midnight” – Legacy Recordings
This is a worthwhile potpourri of early Duke.
Ryan Truesdell: Gil Evans Project – Lines Of Color – ArtistShare/Blue Note
The music of a jazz innovator.
Virtuoso Transcriptions = MUSSORGSKY: Boris Gudonov Suite; A Night on Bald Mountain; TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo & Juliet, Overture-Fantasy – Valery Kuleshov, p. – Piano Classics
A truly musical series of piano transcriptions of Russian operatic and symphonic works makes this Kuleshov recital quite sensational.
![Covers [TrackList follows] – Oregon Guitar Quartet – Cube SquaredClassic [Selections list follows] – Oregon Guitar Quartet – Cube Squared](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ORguitarQ1312.jpg)
Covers [TrackList follows] – Oregon Guitar Quartet – Cube SquaredClassic [Selections list follows] – Oregon Guitar Quartet – Cube Squared
Two of the many CDs out from the talented Oregon Guitar Quartet.
Covers [TrackList follows] – Oregon Guitar Quartet – Cube SquaredClassic [Selections list follows] – Oregon Guitar Quartet – Cube Squared
Two of the many CDs out from the talented Oregon Guitar Quartet.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
