Results for "Montpellier"

Eric Lohrer

Dominique Pifarély Quartet: Tracé Provisoire

by Mark Sullivan
August 10, 2016

French violinist Dominique Pifarély--last heard solo on Time Before And Time After (ECM, 2015)--leads a quartet into that uncharted territory between improvisation and composition. The quartet was founded in the spring of 2014, but the players had many associations before that. Pifarély and double bassist Bruno Chevillon have recorded together with clarinetist Louis Sclavis on Chine ...

Nice Jazz Festival 2014

by Emilio Palanti
July 30, 2014

Nizza--Francia 8-12.07.2014 Quest'anno, guardando il cartellone del Festival Jazz di Nizza, a prima vista si lamentava l'assenza di vere e proprie superstar, com'era accaduto nelle edizioni precedenti, ma a rassegna finita possiamo dire che non son mancate le piacevoli sorprese. Sia ben chiaro, molti nomi di prima grandezza erano presenti, ma forse ...

Eberhard Weber: Positive Pragmatism

by John Kelman
February 4, 2013

There are plenty of positives about getting older: wisdom, maturity and a more balanced outlook are just three of them. But it would be unrealistic to suggest that there aren't a few negatives thrown in there. When bassist Eberhard Weber woke up in his hotel room on the morning of April 23, 2007, in Berlin, Germany, ...

The Early Years

By Ray Anthony

Label: Montpellier
Released: 1999

A Date with Swing

By Main Stream Power Band

Label: Montpellier
Released: 1999

The Navy Show Broadcasts

By Ray Anthony

Label: Montpellier
Released: 1999

Ray Anthony & His Orchestra: The Navy Show Broadcasts

by Jack Bowers
February 1, 1999

Trumpeter Ray Anthony, a bandleader for more than half a century, led his first ensemble for the U.S. Navy during World War II, and performed a number of times on behalf of the Navy recruiting service from 1946–54, broadcasts from which the selections on this disc were taken. This is exclusively standard fare designed for dancing, ...

Ray Anthony: The Early Years

by Jack Bowers
February 1, 1999

The Early Years encompasses three sessions by trumpeter Ray Anthony’s dance–oriented orchestras. The plural is used because the first of these bands, which Anthony led for a time, was the U.S. Navy’s “Dolphins,” based first in Hawaii and later, at the end of World War II, on Okinawa. Tracks 1–10, by the Navy band, were recorded ...

Main Stream Power Band: A Date with Swing

by Jack Bowers
February 1, 1999

With swing making a mini–comeback in the States and abroad, here’s a high–quality band from Germany that powers its way through no less than 24 well–crafted charts that should have most lovers of swing on their feet and dancing before you can say “Tommy Dorsey.” While many of the songs on the band’s second release, A ...