You can also explore the catalog for performers and performances that interest you. This is the first commercial recording of the charming and historically evocative piano music by Blind Tom Bethune, a slave from Georgia. This recording features the stylish pianism of John Davis, a young American known for his unique presentation of keyboard works influenced by the music of African-American culture. Includes extensive liner notes. In this world-premiere recording of great works for cello from the last hundred years, cellist Susan Salm explores various styles in her brilliant performances of Webern, Janacek and Bosanquet and two major new pieces for unaccompanied cello written for her by Rainer Bischof and Wolfgang Florey.
Program notes are in English and French.
On 'Into the Mist,' Fred Forney conducts a soundly capable crew of sympathetic musicians through a moving collection of standards and originals. The album is firmly anchored by the rhythm section of pianist Chuck Marohnic, bassist Warren Jones and drummer Dom Moio, together providing a well-constructed platform for Forney's horn explorations. The guest artists on several tunes include tenorman Tony Malaby, bassists Trey Henry and Jack Radavich, drummer David Hocker, clarinetists Hugh Lovelady and Grant Wolf, trombonist Bill Foy and French horn player Larry Conrad. If your taste is hard bop and cool styles from the '50s, and contemporary European Jazz from the '80s and '90s, this is for you. For Each Other' was written and produced by Allen, and all instruments were played by him except for two tracks that include guest artists Rob Watkins and Paul Boyce.