Vinyl LP pressing. Janis's virtuoso recording, originally released on CD in 1994, finally gets it's vinyl due. Recorded in Fine Recording Ballroom Studio A, September 25-29, 1961 with three Schoeps M201 microphones.

Don Byron digs into a Lester Young classic and much more on IVERY-DIVEY, the follow up to the critically acclaimed YOU ARE #6. IVERY-DIVEY balances eclectic and esoteric tastes of the most avant-garde fan with the accessibility and openess that lends itself to anyone who simply loves creative music-making.

TUSKEGEE EXPERIMENTS

Includes passacaglia(s) for keyboard by Georg Muffat. Ensemble: Seattle Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ingrid Matthews. Soloist: Byron Schenkman.

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Aruan Ortiz, who grew up in Santiago, Cuba, and has lived in the U. S. since 2002, is among the most creative pianists on jazz's landscape. As a boy he was performing Cuban popular music. His studies broadened to include jazz, first in Europe, and finally New York, where he now lives. In Don Byron, Ortiz has found an unparalleled clarinetist, whose classical training and exquisite technique anchor a career spanning an unusually broad range of music that nevertheless reflects a focused line of musical inquiry. Byron was born in The Bronx, into a musical family of Antiguan descent. Some of his work has involved highly refined repertory ensembles devoted to early jazz, gospel or klezmer music. Other works assert un-fettered new musical routes owing to no single style. "Random Dances and (A)tonalities" reveals the imaginative leaps of two free-thinking minds. In both, we feel an implied swing, gentle yet with conviction, and shared values of erudition and compassion. We sense a clearly documented moment between two masterly musicians.

Hammond B-3 organist is back in the ring for a second round, bringing ten tunes to the middle of the mat, and cooking through them with white heat from first note to last, backed by Paul Bollenback & Byron Landham