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George Gruntz/Allen Ginsberg: Cosmopolitan Greetings
by William Grim
This album is a recording of a live performance of George Gruntz's so-called jazz opera Cosmopolitan Greetings, with texts taken from selected poems written by Allen Ginsberg. There is a bit of confusion here because Ginsberg's last volume of published poetry was also called Cosmopolitan Greetings ; however, the poems used for the opera come not ...
Mental Cruelty
Label: Atavistic Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Main Theme; Blues And Theme; Student Hang Out; Morning After The Wedding Night; Music For
Night Children; Jazz Appreciation I; Jazz Appreciation II; Swiss Tease; Romance I; Romance II;
Stroll On Theme; Good Time Joe; Latin Stroll On Theme; Main Theme - Romance; Spanish castles;
Nick And Marlene; The Proposal; Final Theme; Student hang Out; main Theme Version X; Main
Theme Version Y.
George Gruntz: Mental Cruelty
by AAJ Staff
The original issue of George Gruntz's 1960 soundtrack to Mental Cruelty was as obscure as it gets. The 100 LPs printed at the time immediately disappeared into the abyss due to some corporate bullshit, leaving a gaping black hole at the start of the Swiss pianist's recording career and a severe market price for the record ...
George Gruntz: Mental Cruelty
by Mark Corroto
Atavistic's Unheard Music Series, curated by John Corbett, has unearthed some obscure and curious music. So far most of it has been avant-garde and experimental sounds, pressed on vinyl years ago and hitherto available only to collectors. This session by pianist/orchestra leader George Gruntz is an exception to the UMS rule and proves itself to be ...
George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band: Merryteria
by Glenn Astarita
Pianist, bandleader George Gruntz names the various sections of his “Concert Jazz Band” after types of angels, as the liners allude to his personal sense of sanctification after all these years of performing and touring with an aggregate of jazz notables. With that and Gruntz’ seemingly cheerful persona, the title of his latest project - Merryteria ...
