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Jerry: Celebrating the Music Of Jerry Garcia (2016)
Jerry: Celebrating the Music Of Jerry Garcia (2016) It was fun waiting for this deal to come around! Cast: Phil Lesh & Communion; Allen Toussaint; David Grisman, Peter Frampton; Buddy Miller; Jorma Kaukonen; Buddy Miles; Jimmy Cliff; Bob Weir; Mickey Hart; Bill Kreutzman with Billy & The Kids; The Disco Biscuits; Moe; O.A.R.; Los Lobos; Trampled By Turtles; Yonder Mountain String Band; Grace Potter; Eric Church; Widespread Panic – Special appearances by Matt Burr; Benny Yurco; and The All Star Band: Don Wass – bass; Audley Freed – guitar; Sam Bush – mandolin, violin; Raymond Webber – drums; Matthew Rollings – B-3, keyboards, accordion; Russell Paul – pedal steel guitar; Regina, Freda & Ann McCrary – backing vocals Studio: Rounder/Bluebird Director: Conor McAnnaly Musical Director: Don Was Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0 Video: 16:9, color Length: 180 minutes Rating: Audio: ***1/2 Video: **** Overall: **** TrackList: The Wheel/Uncle John; Get Out Of My Life Woman; (I’m a) Road Runner; Deal; Sugaree; The Harder They Come; Fire On The Mountain; Help On The Way/Slipknot/Franklin’s Tower; Scarlet Begonias/I Know You Rider; Loser; St. Stephen; Bertha; Brown-Eyed Woman; Shakedown Street; Friend Of The Devil; Tennessee Jed; […]
Audio News for December 9, 2016
The Guardian Top Classical Music Events of 2016 – 1. Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at the BBC Proms, 2. Enescu’s Oedipe opera/oratorio, 80 years after its premiere, 3. New conductor of the Birmingham Symphony, Grazinyte-Tyla, 4. Kevin Volans’ Fourth Piano Concerto, and his 12th String Quartet, 5. Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard performing Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux outdoors, 6. The Stravinsky Series put on by the Philharmonia Orchestra and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen. Raumfeld Introduces Google Cast for Audio to its Speakers – The free update is for all current Raumfeld Wi-Fi speakers, and gives users access to over 100 new music apps, including Google Play Music, Spotify, Deezer, TIDAL, Pandora, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, SoundCloud, Qobuz and Juke. A spokesman said this allows music lovers to discover new tunes, find old favorites, create their own playlists or try out playlists from others. A single device can be made part of different speaker groupings, and it’s even possible to combine Raumfeld speakers with other cast-enabled speakers. The various streaming services make it possible to listen to the perfect soundtracks for each location and mood. It works on either iOS or Android. The Raumfeld speakers are German-engineered and support digital files, […]
Roger Waters’ “Amused To Death” – 2 stereo vinyls – Analogue Prod.
Now even more applicable to this time than when it was created 23 years ago. Roger Waters’ Amused To Death [TrackList follows] – Two limited edition stereo vinyls – Columbia/Legacy/Analogue Productions (Acoustic Sounds) APP 468761 (8/28/15) *****: (Roger Waters (Composer), London Welsh Chorale Kenneth Bowen (Conductor), String Arrangements John Dupree (Conductor), Bass, Synthesizer & Vocals Roger Waters (Performer), Keyboards & Choir Arrangement Patrick Leonard (Performer), Guitar Jeff Beck (Performer), Arpeggio Guitar Geoff Whitehorn (Performer), Electric & Acoustic Guitar Andy Fairweather Low (Performer), Chorus Guitar Tim Pierce (Performer), Bass Randy Jackson (Performer), Drums Graham Broad (Performer), Vocals P. P. Arnold (Performer), Sound Effects Marv Albert (Performer), London Welsh Chorale (Artist), Background Vocals Doreen Chanter (Artist), Background Vocals N’Dea Davenport (Artist), Background Vocals Natalie Jackson (Artist), Background Vocals Katie Kissoon (Artist), Peddal Steel Guitar B. J. Cole (Artist), Guitar Steve Lukather (Artist), Guitar Rick DiFonso (Artist), Acoustic Guitar Bruce Gaitsch (Artist), Bass James Johnson (Artist)) This amazing two-disc 200-gram vinyl remastering presents the 1992 creation of Roger Waters – famed for his association with Pink Floyd, The Wall, and various types of surround sound (these vinyls were remixed in the new technology called Qsound). The issues Waters addresses have only grown in […]
Weather Report – The Legendary Live Tapes 1978-1981 – Columbia/Legacy (4-CDs)
Weather Report – The Legendary Live Tapes 1978-1981 – Columbia/Legacy (4-CD set) TT: 237:25 [11/20/15] ****: Weather Report finally releases vintage performances in a four-CD remastered box set. (Joe Zawinul – piano, keyboards, ARP Quadra, bass synthesizer; Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone; Jaco Pastorious – bass; Peter Erskine – drums; Robert Thomas, Jr. – hand drums) Jazz fusion has always generated controversy. By combining elements of rock and funk with complex jazzy time signatures and chords, it attempted to create a wider accessibility using electric instruments. There was a movement in 1960s England to embrace this hybrid genre, most notably with The Graham Bond Organisation (featuring Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker) The jazz community was unenthusiastic about fusion, despite the advocacy and subsequent work by Gary Burton, Larry Coryell and especially Miles Davis. The veteran trumpeter had been a formidable innovator and was respected by his peers. Davis recorded a series of albums which featured a variety of musicians including Chick Corea, Ron Carter, Dave Holland, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock and John McLaughlin. These musicians eventually formed their own bands. The most enduring “post-Miles” fusion band was Weather Report. Featuring two Davis alumni (Zawinul […]
HANDEL: Dixit Dominus; Zadok the Priest; The Ways of Zion Do Mourn – Felicity Palmer, Margaret Marshall, Norma Burrowes, sopranos/ Charles Brett, John Angelo Messana, countertenors/ Richard Morton, Alastair Thompson, Martyn Hill, tenors/ David Wilson-Johnson, Stephen Varcoe, basses/ Monteverdi Ch. and Orch./ John Eliot Gardiner – Erato Veritas
This bargain set has much to offer from the early Gardiner years.
“On With the Dance” = J. STRAUSS II: Artist’s Life Waltz, Op. 316; Wine, Women, and Song, Op. 333; CHOPIN (arr. Sargent): Les Sylphides; ROSSINI (arr. Respighi and Sargent): La Boutique Fantasque – Concert Suite; William Tell: Ballet Music: Passo a tre e Coro Tirolese; SCHUBERT: Rosamunde – Ballet Music No. 2 in G Major – Royal Philharmonic Orch./ Royal Opera House Orch., Covent Garden/ Sir Malcolm Sargent – Guild
A program of gracious light music, mostly from the ballet and the world of dance, led by Sir Malcolm Sargent.
MOZART: Piano Concertos – The Complete Studio Recordings, 1933-1947; Sel. Piano Sonatas, Rondos, and Fantasias; HAYDN: Piano Concerto in D – Edwin Fischer, p. and cond./ London Philharmonic Orch./ Edwin Fischer Ch. Orch./ Lawrance Collingwood (K. 491)/ John Barbirolli (K. 482)/ Philharmonia Orch./ Josef Krips (K. 503)/ Vienna Philharmonic Orch. (Haydn) – APR (3 CDs)
Mozart advocate and brilliant keyboardist Edwin Fischer and a compendium of his commercial inscriptions.
Leonard Cohen – Can’t Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour [TrackList follows] – Columbia/Legacy /Sony Music/Old Ideas
Leonard Cohen gives us a memento that’s better than a postcard or an Instagram picture.
Duke Ellington – The Original Recordings That Inspired The Broadway Hit “After Midnight” – Legacy Recordings
This is a worthwhile potpourri of early Duke.
The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 – Bob Dylan And The Band/ The Basement Tapes Raw – Columbia/Legacy (3 vinyls+2 CDs+booklet)
Bob Dylan’s secret masterpiece comes alive in this dazzling box set!
American Hustle – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Madison Gate/ Legacy stereo vinyl (2 discs)
Movie soundtrack is released in a lavish double vinyl.
Roy Orbison – Mystery Girl (Deluxe) – Sony/Legacy Records
Legendary rockabilly icon rides into the sunset on a high note.
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2; MOZART: Rondo in D Major for Piano and Orch.; 10 Variations on a Theme by Gluck – Emil Gilels, p./ Moscow Philharmonic Orch./ Kiril Kondrashin/ Leningrad Philharmonic/Neeme Jarvi (Mozart) – Doremi mono
Emil Gilels characteristically reveals his power and poetry in music by Brahms and Mozart from vintage performances from Russia.
Roy Orbison – In Dreams Greatest Hits – LegacyRoy Orbison In Dreams – Legacy Recordings – DVD (2013)
Rock pioneer sounds terrific in this digital audio upgrade and video remembrances!
Roy Orbison – In Dreams Greatest Hits – Legacy Roy Orbison In Dreams – Legacy Recordings – DVD (2013)
Rock pioneer sounds terrific in this digital audio upgrade and video remembrances!
The Alan Parsons – I Robot/Legacy Edition – Legacy Records/Arista Records (2 CDs)
Re-mastered progressive rock classic is timeless!
Midnight Oil – Essential Oils – Columbia/Legacy (2 CDs)
The first genuinely comprehensive collection from the Down Under alternative rockers.
“Lorraine” = BACH: Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut; Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 – Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo/ Allan Vogel, oboe d’amore; Los Angeles Ch. Orch./ Jeffrey Kahane – Yarlung Records
More Lieberson—and worth every moment.
Miles Davis Sextet – Someday My Prince Will Come – Columbia Records Legacy Recordings – mono vinylMiles Davis – Milestones – Columbia Records/ Legacy Recordings – mono vinyl
Two great Miles Davis classics on reissued vinyl – but why in mono when stereo masters are available?
Miles Davis Quintet – Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2 – Columbia/Legacy (3 CDs & 1 DVD)
A “lost” quintet lost no more.
Bessie Smith – The Complete Columbia Recordings – Columbia/ Legacy – 10-CD box set
A very complete collection of Bessie Smith recordings with many notes and photos, though some have been reissued with more enhanced sonics.
Beecham conducts works of WAGNER, DELIUS & SCHUBERT – Somm-Beacham
Irreplaceable live inscriptions from Sir Thomas Beecham fill major gaps in his immense and distinguished repertory.