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Carol Sudhalter – Carmelo Leotta: The Great Film Music of the Sixties
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il 1964 dev'essere stato veramente un anno formidabile per gli autori di musiche da film. Questo, almeno, sembra suggerirci l'ultimo CD di Carol Sudhalter (e Carmelo Leotta), dove oltre la metà dei brani risale appunto all'anno in cui, da noi, vide per esempio la luce Per un pugno di dollari della “premiata ditta" Leone/Morricone. Nel dettaglio, ci riferiamo ai titoli che vanno dal secondo al quinto, e l'ultimo, dovuti rispettivamente a Loewe & Lerner (il film è My Fair Lady ...
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by Donald Elfman
The notes to this thoughtful and beautifully executed disc suggest this is the first collection in which the tunes share the trait of all starting with an octave interval. True, perhaps, but what sets it apart is smart music passionately and intelligently played by musicians committed to the fine art of communication. Carol Sudhalter is a talented multi-reed instrumentalist and her work on tenor, baritone and flute is of a piece--keen on melody, finely proportioned and always ...
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by Jack Bowers
The title of this album, according to leader/woodwind specialist Carol Sudhalter, refers to the fact that each of its thirteen tunes begins on the interval of an octave. Ten of The Octave Tunes' songs are standards, including a pair of holiday favorites, “Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" and “The Christmas Song." Of the three originals, two were written by Sudhalter's guests, organist Vito Di Modugno ("Pancake Blues") and precocious teen-age pianist Carlo Barile ("Cheeseburger Blue"), who accompanies Sudhalter on ...
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by Andrew Velez
This beautifully orchestrated set showcases Carol Sudhalter, who plays saxophones and flute, in a compilation of four sessions with different musical groupings. It gets off to a jumping, upbeat start with Cedar Walton's “Firm Roots, immediately showing off her roots firmly in happy, mainstream swing, Andrea Torozzi's piano providing exhilarating company for the warm tenor sax. What follows is a rarely heard beauty, Victor Young's “A Weaver of Dreams, on which Vittorio Sicbaldi's drums provide just the ...
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