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Blues & Bach: The Music Of John Lewis

Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Skating In Central Park; Spanish Steps; Vendome; Autumn In New York; Django; Concorde; Milano; Jasmine Tree.

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Enrico Pieranunzi Trio & Orchestra: Blues & Bach: The Music Of John Lewis

Read "Blues & Bach: The Music Of John Lewis" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
January 6, 2023

If the work of any jazz composer lends itself to elegant reframing, as opposed to crass sweetening, by a chamber orchestra, it is that of John Lewis, co-founder of the Modern Jazz Quartet. Lewis' ambition, most often metaphorically realised but sometimes literally so, was to achieve a synthesis of blues and Bach. His blends were mostly ...