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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; […]
Jane Bunnett & Maqueque – Oddara – Linus Ent.
Jane Bunnett & Maqueque – Oddara – Linus Ent., 270244, 53:51****: Oddara is a surging, rhythmic, muscular offering. (Jane Bunnett – flutes, soprano sax, whistling; Danae Olano – piano, vocals; Celia Jimenez – bass, vocals; Magdelys Savigne – percussion ,vocals; Yissy Garcia – drums; Elizabeth Rodriguez – violin ,vocals; special guests: Melvis Santa – vocals; Dayme Arocena – vocals) Canada’s ties to Cuba go back to the 18th Century, and the Canadian Government has maintained an Embassy in the country continuously since 1945 (unlike the U.S.). Cuba has been a favourite Canadian tourist destination for many years (and also Portland Unitarians), and thus jazz musician Jane Bunnett’s fascination with the Afro-Cuban music tradition is not some Johnny-come-lately affair. Her latest foray into the genre with her all-female band Maqueque is entitled Oddara and is a surging, rhythmic, and muscular offering. Jane Bunnett’s accomplishments as a soprano saxophonist are well documented. The group of female musicians that she leads are primarily from Cuba, but spend significant amounts of time in Canada both recording and performing, when they are not on tour around the world in support of their music. In this release, the music has been penned, for the most part, […]
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra – All My Yesterdays – Resonance (2 CDs)
Celebrating fifty years, and counting, of powerful Monday night big band jazz at the Village Vanguard… Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra – All My Yesterdays – Resonance HCD 2023 – 2 CDs, 48:47, 77:11 (1966) ****1/2: (CD 1- 2/7/66: Thad Jones- trumpet, Flugelhorn, arranger & conductor; Hank Jones- piano; Sam Herman – guitar, percussion; Richard Davis – bass; Mel Lewis – drums; Jerome Richardson – alto sax, clarinet, flute; Jerry Dodgion – alto sax, clarinet, flute; Joe Farrell – tenor sax, flute, clarinet; Eddie Daniels – tenor sax, clarinet; Marv “Doc” Holladay – baritone sax; Jimmy Nottingham, Snooky Young, Jimmy Owens, Bill Berry – trumpets; Bob Brookmeyer, Garnett Brown, Cliff Heather, Jack Rains – trombones) (CD 2- 3/21/66: Thad Jones – trumpet, Flugelhorn, arranger & conductor; Hank Jones – piano; Sam Herman – guitar; Richard Davis – bass; Mel Lewis – drums; Jerome Richardson – alto sax, clarinet, flute; Jerry Dodgion – alto sax, clarinet, flute; Joe Farrell – tenor sax, clarinet, flute; Pepper Adams – baritone sax; Jimmy Nottingham, Bill Berry, Jimmy Owens, Danny Stiles – trumpets; Jack Rains, Garnett Brown, Cliff Heather, Tom McIntosh – trombones) For jazz fans who can afford to live in New York City, the […]
Mack Avenue Superband – Live From The Detroit Jazz Festival 2015 – Mack Avenue
A supersession from a superband.
Meridian Arts Ens. “Alchemy” (CD+DVD) & Meridian Arts Ens. “Live in Concert” (DVD) – both Meridian Arts Ens.
Meridian Arts Ensemble, “Alchemy” = music of Byrd, Gesualdo, Corelli, J.S.Bach, de Lassus, Carissimi and Elgar Howarth (Track List follows) – Meridian Arts Ensemble, 8 Bells – (CD + DVD) 59:02, (2/01/13) ***1/2: Meridian Arts Ensemble, “Live in Concert : The Library of Congress – 2004; Deutsches Jazz Festival – 1997” = music of Stravinsky, Gesualdo, David Sanford, Elliott Sharp, Su Lian Tan, Daniel Grabois, Jon Nelson, Randy Brecker (Track List follows) – Meridian Arts Ensemble, 8 Bells, 59:02, DVD (4:3 PCM stereo) [Both Distr. by Harmonia mundi] (7/10/12) ***1/2: This is a very talented and diversified brass ensemble you should hear. The Meridian Brass Ensemble was new to me. This is a genre I do enjoy but do not follow too well, I admit. The Meridian Arts Ensemble is based in New York City, specializing in the performance of new works for brass and percussion, but also in the traditional brass ensemble rep and with equal skill. Founded in 1987, the original members of the group wanted an opportunity to play challenging works, to experience control of their ensemble, and to find creative outlets for their musicianship. Meridian received its early education in the American Brass Quintet’s brass class […]
Maria Schneider Orchestra – The Thompson Fields – ArtistShare
Beyond categorization…simply sublime…
“The Orchestra” – Claudio Abbado & The Mozart’s Orchestra, Blu-ray (2013)
A moving tribute to Abbado and the musicians of the Orchestra Mozart.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
