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Claire Ritter - The Stream of Pearls Project (2011)
Source:
Something Else!
There is a sensuous, lush quietude to this recording, which notes on the front that it was “inspired by water." Ritter's playing—trickling and ruminative one moment, bubbly and adventurous the next—certainly echoes the theme. The Stream of Pearls Project, available for purchase through Ritter's Web site, eventually encompasses trips she took from Boston's Charles River ("The Beauty of the Stillness Overflowed Me Like a Tide,") to the Ocracoke Island on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, from New Hampshire ("Bolero ...
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Red & Byrd Shine Among Pearls
Source:
All About Jazz
By CHRIS SLAWECKI Newly digitized in the RVG Remaster series, John Coltrane's Black Pearls demonstrates how profoundly the choice of sidemen can shape one's sound. By the time of this '58 recording, pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Art Taylor had much experience running alongside 'Trane. They served as the rhythm section for Coltrane's Settin' The Pace quartet, for example, plus all three played in various combinations, with and without Coltrane, for numerous Miles Davis sessions. Black Pearls ...
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