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Duke Ellington's Sound of Love
Label: TCB Music
Released: 2002
Track listing: Red Garter; Very Special; Blues in Blueprint; Mood Indigo; Smada; Warm Valley; Circle in Fourth; Take the
The Vienna Art Orchestra: A Centenary Journey
by Jack Bowers
One has to hand it to the Vienna Art Orchestra; this is one adventurous band of Austrians. On Centenary Journey, recorded live in March ’01 at the Sofiensäle, Vienna, the VAO makes an heroic (and broadly successful) effort to compress a century of ever–shifting Jazz styles into one expansive snapshot. Unlike Ken Burns’ recent (and controversial) ...
The Vienna Art Orchestra: Duke Ellington's Sound of Love
by Jack Bowers
Whenever the word “art” precedes the word “orchestra,” as in Vienna Art Orchestra, the perceptive listener may suspect that he or she could be in for a rather bumpy ride. Not to worry. The VAO has addressed itself here to the music of Duke Ellington and his alter–ego, Billy Strayhorn, which is not only pleasing to ...
Artistry in Rhythm: A European Suite
Label: TCB Music
Released: 2001
Track listing: Graffiti in Stockholm; Moony Paris on the Run; Double Dealers Crash into Double Doubts in Dublin; Copenhagen
The Vienna Art Orchestra: Artistry in Rhythm: A European Suite
by Jack Bowers
The concept that animates the Vienna Art Orchestra’s Artistry in Rhythm is fifteen variations on a single tempo dedicated to as many European capital cities. It’s an intriguing idea, but intriguing ideas are sometimes more successful on paper than in practice. In this case we have a rather mixed bag with some high spots and others ...