Vocalist presents a 12 track session from 1985, feat. musical director/pianist Dick Hyman, Seldon Powell-sax/flute, Major Holley-bass & Mel Lewis-drums.
LOVE ALWAYS
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BALDWIN STREET MUSIC
Dec 30, 1997
BLDS201.2
Holding The Flag
Altissimo
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Holding the Flag
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Altissimo
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CHARLES LIVE AT ZANZIBAR BLUE
RANDOM CHANCE
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Bassist Charles Fambrough presents a live album recorded at Zanzibar Blue, a jazz club in Philadelphia. It features original compositions by Fambrough, one vocal standard, and a 4/4-time funk rendering of "All Blue" by Miles Davis. Features pianist Bill O'Connell, trumpeter Sean Jones, saxophonist Joe Ford, drummers Lenny White and Wilby Fletcher, and percussionist Roland Guerrero.
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RANDOM CHANCE
Aug 27, 2002
RNCH6.2
MR TASTE
JUSTIN TIME RECORDS
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Mar 19, 1996
MR TASTE
MR TASTE
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JUSTIN TIME RECORDS
Mar 19, 1996
JUT43.2
VINCE GUARALDI TRIO
OJC
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Oct 25, 1990
VINCE GUARALDI TRIO
VINCE GUARALDI TRIO
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OJC
Oct 25, 1990
OJC149.2
ENLIGHTENMENT
MILESTONE
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Oct 15, 1991
ENLIGHTENMENT
ENLIGHTENMENT
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MILESTONE
Oct 15, 1991
MIS55001.2
PICCOLO
MILESTONE
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Jun 01, 1999
PICCOLO
PICCOLO
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MILESTONE
Jun 01, 1999
MIS55004.2
Mahler: Symphonies no 3, 6 & 10 / Adler, Vienna SO
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Charles Adler, a student of Mahler himself, provides emotional truth and scrupulous attention to dynamics in this pioneering first ever commercial recording of Mahler's 6th Symphony.
These are 'historic recordings', but you won't have to listen through a sea of crackles to appreciate them. It is astonishing to consider that Mahler's Sixth, long recognized as one of the century's seminal works, had to wait until 1952 for this, its first commercial recording. Its reappearance reminds us just how recent a phenomenon is the Mahler boom. The conductor may be unfamiliar. A refugee from the Nazis, Charles Adler settled in the USA and married into money, using it to subsidize his own record label, SPA. Which is not to decry the venture: SPA issued records of many new and unknown works, while Adler's own musical credentials were impressive enough — he had been a pupil of Felix Mottl and Mahler himself. That said, he wasn't a man to worry too much about fraudulent marketing. On the original LPs, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra masqueraded variously as the 'Vienna Orchestra' and 'Vienna Philharmonia'. Interested readers should note that an article in the winter issue of Gramophone's sister publication, ICRC, provides further useful background. Whatever may be wrong with Adler's Mahler performances, their emotional truth and scrupulous attention to dynamics goes a long way to compensate for indifferent intonation and some rather rough-and-ready orchestral playing. The timpani are the most persistent offenders and brass tuning often slips under pressure.
Adler's pioneering Sixth is said to have been set down in only 11 hours. Writing in these pages, Deryck Cooke was much taken with it, but then he always saw the first movement as a world-weary trudge rather than the brutal, authoritarian march conceived by Bernstein and emulated by most subsequent interpreters (including Karajan whose own recording is due for reissue). Adler is nothing if not direct. Having chosen his tempo, he sticks to it right through the chorale, the 'Alma' theme and even (no exposition repeat) the pastoral interlude. Mahler warns against undue 'dragging' but Adler's cowbells are anything but distant and quiet - the herd is close by and frisky. By contrast, the beginning of the coda is surely too slow. The Andante is placed second (the documentation by Gerald Fox of the Gustav Mahler Society of New York - is exceptionally strong on the composer's vacillations regarding the order of the middle movements). Cooke thought Adler sluggish here and the deliberate speed does rather draw attention to the thinness of the string sound. Notated portamentos, here as elsewhere, are too reticent. On the other hand, the narrow-bore horn produces a slightly 'stopped' tone which seems just right in context: this is clearly some sort of Viennese orchestra. Sadly, brass intonation again slips at the climax. The Scherzo fares least well. Timpani tuning is fairly wretched, and, despite a slowish tempo, orchestral ensemble and intonation leave much to be desired. Adler's finale is also on the slow side (the whole movement lasts over 33 minutes) but convincingly so, as if recognizing at the outset that the battle has been lost. It's a pity that the second hammer blow (18'55") wasn't retaken as the tam-tam is late. But the closing page is remarkable, the fate motif hammered out in very measured quavers, the finality of the strings' pizzicato emphasized by a lengthy, rhetorical pause.
At which point you may need to sprint across to your CD player to avoid launching into the opening of the Third Symphony. Back in August 1962 (its first release in the UK), Cooke was less enthusiastic about this, eagerly anticipating Bernstein's more professional CBS set. On its own terms, however, I found myself enjoying Adler's reading a good deal. The orchestral playing is better, presumably on account of the symphony being easier to play, and Adler's direct and unaffected approach seems well suited to the vernal, 'outdoors' mood of the work. The second and third movements respond particularly well to his unfussy direction, though again intonation can be poor, especially noticeable when flutes, E flat clarinets or horns are supporting the 'posthorn'. The mezzo gives a notably eloquent account of the fourth movement. Inevitably, there are weaknesses too. Cooke pointed out the excruciating wrong entry by the second violins in the finale (9.01ff. -why was this allowed to stand?) and the symphony's peroration is torpedoed by the sour tuning of the wind choir and a curiously abrupt last note. Adler is not the only conductor unsure how to pace the first movement. He has summer march in at a noticeably slower tempo (against Mahler's instructions) at 2304" and the transition to the recapitulation is awkward. The Fafner-like glissandos in horn and bassoon at the outset are strongly characterized, but those seismic runs in the basses are nowhere near distinct enough. Tension is allowed to dissipate.
Conifer find room for Adler's textually suspect torso of the Tenth (the first movement plus the "Purgatorio"). The violas cope well in the rarefied atmosphere of the opening, but the violins struggle later on. For once, Adler and/or his recording team do not make quite enough of dynamic markings and you may feel that a basic tempo is never adequately established. Still, the closing pages are as affecting as ever, notwithstanding a peculiarly 'twangy' and close-miked harp. All in all, this is a set of undoubted historical interest, if not quite on a par with the 'classic' Mahler recordings of, say, Bruno Walter. Those constitute essential purchases for the general collector. Adler's Mahler on the other hand will appeal primarily to Mahler completists who will scarcely believe their luck. Despite the difficulties encountered in preparing the present release, the remastering has been well handled and the notes are excellent.
-- Gramophone [2/1998]
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UNFORGETTABLE
PABLO
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Feb 02, 1999
UNFORGETTABLE
UNFORGETTABLE
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PABLO
Feb 02, 1999
PAB2310964.2
GREEN GUITAR BLUES & CAFE PIERRE TRIO
AUDIOPHILE
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Nov 02, 2001
(2 albums on 1 CD) on "Green Guitar Blues," Bucky plays 7-string guitar & classical guitar, joined on 1 track by his 14-year-old daughter Mary on classical guitar. He's backed by bassist George Duvivier & drummer Don Lamond. On "Cafe Pierro Trio," Bucky plays his trademark guitar in a trio setting, joined by pianist Russ Kassoff & bassist Jerry Bruno.
GREEN GUITAR BLUES & CAFE PIERRE TRIO
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AUDIOPHILE
Nov 02, 2001
AUD112.2
Mahler: Symphony No 8 / Wit, Warsaw National Po [blu-ray Audio]
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With it's enormous vocal, choral and orchestral forces, Mahler' Eighth Symphony, later to be dubbed 'ymphony of a Thousand', is one of the largest and longest symphonies in the active repertoire. Part One, inspired by the Whitsuntide Vesper hymn.
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NBD0009
MUSIC FROM OTHER GALAXIES & PLANETS
WOUNDED BIRD RECORDS
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Jazz trumpet virtuoso Don Ellis released many great albums in the 60's and 70's. Originally released in 1977 MUSIC FROM OTHER GALAXIES AND PLANETS is now making it's worldwide CD debut and feature the theme from Star Wars.
MUSIC FROM OTHER GALAXIES & PLANETS
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WOUNDED BIRD RECORDS
May 05, 2023
WUND8227.2
SOLAR
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Mar 31, 1993
SOLAR
SOLAR
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QUICKSILVER
Mar 31, 1993
QUI4004.2
MOSAIC
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Aug 01, 1988
Re-release of this Bass masterpiece which has been unavailable since 1988, feat. two previously unreleased bonus tracks, w. Mitch Forman, Clifford Carter, Danny Gottlieb, Manolo Badrena.
MOSAIC
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WAVETONE RECORDS
Aug 01, 1988
WVE8632.2
VOLUME 1: MONTREAL 1975
ESSENTIAL MEDIA MOD
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The great Julian "Cannonball" Adderley rose to prominence in the hard-bop era of the 50's and 60's. After a successful stint with Miles Davis' sextet, including being featured on the seminal Davis records Milestones and Kind of Blue, Adderley formed his own quintet with brother Nat on trumpet and cornet, and soon became the driving force behind the soul-jazz movement of the 1960's and 70's. The rare album presented here was recorded live in Montreal in 1975 with the legendary quintet - shortly before Adderley's untimely demise of a sudden heart attack at the age of 46 in August of that year. The lineup for the quintet here is Cannonball Adderley (tenor sax); Nat Adderley (trumpet); Michael Wollf (piano); Roy McCurdy (drums, percussion) and Walter Booker (bass). Featuring the Cannonball classics "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" and "Country Preacher." All selections newly remastered.
VOLUME 1: MONTREAL 1975
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ESSENTIAL MEDIA MOD
Dec 13, 2012
ESMM5201777.2
Pas de deux / The Royal Ballet
Opus Arte
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Jan 26, 2018
This unique collection celebrates the pas de deux: the ‘steps for two’ or partner dances so central to ballets both modern and classical. It brings together 16 exceptional pas de deux from The Royal Ballet’s unequalled repertory, in outstanding performances by Company dancers past and present. Representing The Royal Ballet’s heritage works and recent creations, as well as 19th-century classics, Pas de Deux demonstrates the choreographic diversity, technical brilliance, show-stopping spectacle and artistry for which The Royal Ballet is acclaimed around the world. Included in this collection are Frederick Ashton’s Voices of Spring and pas de deux from his La Fille mal gardée; from Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet, Concerto, Elite Syncopations, Manon and Mayerling; from Wayne McGregor’s Limen; from Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Winter’s Tale; and from the 19th-century classics Giselle, Don Quixote, Swan Lake and The Nutcracker. All captured in high definition and recorded in true surround sound.
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OA 1118D
EASTERN SOUNDS: RUDY VAN GELDER REMASTERS
PRESTIGE
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Jul 18, 2006
This 1961 recording not only shows Lateef's interest in eastern music, but his skill in deftly weaving those sounds into jazz & blues.
EASTERN SOUNDS: RUDY VAN GELDER REMASTERS
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PRESTIGE
Jul 18, 2006
PRS30012.2
Respighi: Roman Trilogy / Treviño, RAI National Symphony Orchestra
Ondine
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Sep 15, 2023
After recordings of Beethoven’s complete symphonies; two Ravel albums; one Rautavaara album; and the award-winning album ‘Americascapes’; Robert Treviño now turns his focus on the symphonic poems by Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936).Together with the Orchestra Nazionale Sinfonica della RAI; Robert Treviño presents the composer’s famous Roman Trilogy; an exciting orchestral masterpiece culminating in the triumphant Pines of Rome.
Respighi's fascination with the Eternal City is nowhere better expressed than in the three symphonic poems that make up the so-called Roman Trilogy. He had rarely taken on works of such proportions and his most recent large-scale orchestral work, the Sinfonia Drammatica, dating from 1914, still reveals the lasting influence of Brahms and Franck. But just one year later, he finally shook off the shackles of late 19th-century Romanticism, and offered a first glimpse of the remarkable use of color that would soon become a hallmark of his orchestral writing.
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Respighi’s three tone poems, collectively known as the “Roman Trilogy,” have been popular since their premieres, and there is no shortage of recordings. However, here is one that is worth consideration from a rising conductor and a major orchestra that is not recorded as often as it ought to be. This is absolutely infectious fun, and the performances are fully in the spirit of these evergreen favorites. Here is a release that will make one remember what it was they loved about this music in the first place.
-- AllMusic,com (James Manheim)
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Ondine
Sep 15, 2023
ODE 1425-2
BEETHOVEN: SINFONIE NR. 5/TRIP
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Jan 29, 2013
BEETHOVEN: SINFONIE NR. 5/TRIP
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Jan 29, 2013
88725471762
EPIC COOL
ARTISTRY MUSIC
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2024 release. Saxophone icon Kirk Whalum blasts off with his highly-anticipated album Epic Cool, an electrifying collection of original grooves. Teaming up with producer Greg Manning (Keb' Mo', Herb Alpert, 2x GRAMMY® nominee, composer/collaborator on 10 #1 Billboard hits), Whalum focuses on his songwriting to craft an album that's passionate and spirited on a monumental scale, but with his trademark soul. From danceable hits like "Bah-De-Yah!" to melodic, sultry jams (Whalum calls "Pillow Talk" the strongest song he's written in 20 years), Epic Cool weaves a musical story that has wide, cross-genre appeal. Get ready to groove, because Epic Cool is anything but ordinary.
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