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Vienna State Opera: Beethoven's Fidelio

by C. Michael Bailey
April 9, 2005

Vienna State Opera Conducted by Karl Böhm, Wilhelm Furtwängler Beethoven's Fidelio Andante 2005 Background. Harold Schonberg's book Lives of the Great Composers is divided into chapters based on the life and work of a single composer and entitled descriptively. Schonberg's chapter on Ludwig van ...

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The Yardbirds: Live! Blueswailing July '64

by Colin Fleming
April 9, 2005

The Yardbirds Live! Blueswailing July '64 Castle 2003 As advice to anyone building a collection of live recordings, one could scarcely go wrong with the acknowledged classics--sets by Otis Redding, the Who, the Stones' Get YerYa-Ya's Out! Combined with a few esoteric items--the Shadows of Knight at theCellar Club, the ...

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Jesse Elder Quintet

by David A. Orthmann
March 30, 2005

Jesse Elder Jesse Elder Quintet Self Produced 2005 Jesse Elder is a 21-year-old composer, pianist, and bandleader with a bright future. Throughout a self-produced CD recorded in March of 2005, Elder's musicianship and organizational skills evince maturity and wisdom well beyond his years. The antithesis of a blowing session, the ...

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One More: Music of Thad Jones

by Wayne Zade
March 26, 2005

Various Artists One More: Music of Thad Jones IPO Recordings 2005 Great jazz things have been happening at IPO Recordings, and they have been for a while. One More: Music of Thad Jones is the sixth CD from Executive Producer Bill Sorin, and it continues the generous spirit of tribute ...

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Build an Ark: Peace With Every Step

by Rex Butters
March 25, 2005

Build an Ark Peace With Every Step Todosonidos 2005 Drawing on the teeming talent pool of LA jazz musicians, Carlos Ninos put out a positive idea, hoping to send a shock wave around the world. Build An Ark sends soldiers of peace to the front lines. With bracing up-tempo jams ...

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Zlatko Oridjanski: Razbudi Se

by Nenad Georgievski
March 23, 2005

Zlatko Oridjanski Razbudi Se Avalon Produkcija 2004 One of the most striking albums you are ever likely to hear is Razbudi Se ("Wake Up") by Anastasia's Zlatko Oridjanski, a composer and sonic sculptor. One of Anastasia's greatest attributes is their ability to take a contemporary form of music and add ...

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Jay Leonhart Trio: Cool

by Gabriel Medina Arenas
March 23, 2005

Jay Leonhart Trio Cool Sons of Sound 2004 Leonhart says that the music from his new album Cool gets hot, and he's right. It has music taken from films, musical plays and jazz classics. The experienced bassist, who started in music at seven playing banjo and guitar, is a real ...

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The Columbia Small Group Swing Sessions 1953-1962

by C. Andrew Hovan
March 22, 2005

Various Artists The Columbia Small Group Swing Sessions 1953-1962 Mosaic Records 2004 Following the be-bop innovations of the early to mid '50s and the subsequent popularity of hard bop during the '60s, many of jazz music's elder statesmen found themselves in a very precarious position. Swing and Dixie styles had ...

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Grachan Moncur III: Exploration

by Andrew Durkin
March 21, 2005

Grachan Moncur III Exploration Capri Records 2004 Ralph Ellison once wrote a great essay in which he seemed to predict jazz's ultimate dependence on a music industry driven (and subsidized) by a star system. The irony, Ellison suggested, is that jazz is largely created by anonymous musicians, who because they ...

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Maria Pia De Vito: Phone

by Dennis Hollingsworth
March 20, 2005

Maria Pia De Vito Phone EGEA Records 1998 Maria Pia De Vito is bit of an enigma here in the US. She is well known in Italy and has performed throughout Europe. Vito possesses a rare combination of vocal prowess and adventuresome spirit. Her music is often experimental, yet grounded ...