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Yoon Sun Choi/Jacob Sacks: Imagination: The Music of Joe Raposo

Read "Imagination: The Music of Joe Raposo" reviewed by Elliott Simon

by Elliott Simon
August 4, 2008

There is a certain paradoxical synergy that exists between the tunes on Imagination and the avant-cum-free interpretations given them by vocalist Yoon Sun Choi and pianist Jacob Sacks. Choi and Sacks work so well together in their own charming, but somewhat weird, way that they turn this tribute to composer Joe Raposo into much more than a celebration of his music. Raposo composed primarily for television shows such as The Muppets and Sesame Street and these songs, many of which ...