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Burgstaller Martignon 4: Mozart's Blues Dreams & Other Crossover Fantasies

by Dan McClenaghan
May 30, 2009

When the name Mozart is part of the title of a jazz disc, combined with the word blues, the safe bet is that it's a crossover listening experience at hand. Crossover is a newer term for the mix of classical and jazz sounds, but it works as well--better perhaps--than the Third Stream tag that was coined by Gunther Schuller.Mozart's Blues Dream is the brainchild of trumpeter Joe Burgstaller, best known for his work with the Canadian Brass, and ...