Alex South - Music from 3 Continents - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Saxophonist and Ivor Novello-nominated composer Alex Hitchcock presents Letters from Afar, a bold New York-recorded album reflecting his dialogue with Black American music. Engaging deeply with jazz's political legacy and lineage, Hitchcock fuses UK-rooted creativity with NYC's restless innovation-melding powerful improvisation with urgent, shape-shifting compositions that challenge and expand the form.

Vinyl LP pressing. 20 years since the of their debut album and 20 million album sales later, Godsmack are an even stronger animal than before. The proof is in the grooves of When Legends Rise, their first album in four years. InchBulletproofInch the first single off the new album doubles down on their combination of tightly wound riffs, rhythmic fury, naked emotions and pushed-to-the-edge vocals, all fired up with melodic precision and tight songcraft. When Legends Rise, the band's seventh studio album was produced by Erik Ron and Sully Erna. Sonically intense and layered, it pushes the band forward.

This album brings together world premiere recordings of three aesthetically diverse piano concertos that were written for Alexandre Tharaud. They are Left, alone by the Dane Hans Abrahamsen (b. 1952), Future is a faded song by the Frenchman Gérard Pesson (b.1958) and Kuleshov by the Argentian-born Frenchman Oscar Strasnoy (b.1970). Strasnoy has said that his concerto was Inchinspired by Alexandre Tharaud's unique and inimitable phrasing and clarity of playing.Inch No doubt those words could apply to all three works on the album.