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The Eric Alexander Quartet: Prime Time
by Jack Bowers
Prime Time, another tour de force from tenor saxophone standout Eric Alexander, is one of those two-for-one packages that includes a DVD and CD so one can see as well as hear Alexander's quartet at work. While both components were recorded in concert in Asheville, NC, the CD / DVD performances aren't the same (unless they've ...
Boston Modern Orchestra Project: Gunther Schuller: Journey Into Jazz
by Ted Gordon
What might seem the most innocuous music is often the most avant-garde, the most challenging, and the spark that forces the question as to what are the boundaries of jazz. Gunther Schuller's “Journey Into Jazz," composed in 1962, is just that. A children's narrative, it tells the story of one Eddie Jackson, “a boy who learned ...
Leonard Bernstein's 'Peter Pan' Flies Again
Leonard Bernstein's Peter Pan.... Did you hear that right? Almost 60 years after its premiere, an almost forgotten play with music gets its definitive hearing. Albert Ihde and Ellen Pasternack's nuptials involved much more than the union of two souls -- there was also the ritual joining together of their record collections, ...
Leonard Bernstein the Original Culture Warrior
Since when was 'cosmopolitan' a dirty word? Leonard Bernstein proved that the low and high arts could make beautiful music together. I Feel Pretty: Bernstein's sex appeal didn't exactly hurt his pop-culture popularity. It is one of those stories that never get old. Once upon a time, a matinee crowd bustled into Carnegie Hall to hear ...
Bernstein as a Fount of Fusion
Elegance without ostentation That would describe the overview of Leonard Bernstein songs that the pianist Bill Charlap and the singer Kurt Elling brought to Bernstein's theater music at the opening program of the 92nd Street Y's Jazz in July series on Tuesday evening. Bernstein, especially in his score for “West Side Story," which dominated ...
West Side Story - Original Soundtrack (Features Previously Unreleased Tracks)
Label: Uuquipleu Records
Released: 2004
