Beethoven / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra - Symphony 3 in E Flat / Fruhlingsstimmen Waltz - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Long associated with the L.A. jazz scene, Gerald Wilson traveled to N.Y.C.'s Clinton Recording Studio to record this album which was produced by Crusaders founder and Mack Avenue president Stix Hooper. Featured soloists in this 18-piece band are some of the best jazz players that N.Y.C. has to offer, including Jon Faddis, Lewis Nash, Anthony Wilson, Kenny Barron, Jimmy Heath, Clark Terry, and Renee Rosnes, with Hooper adding his distinctive drumming to six of the CD's 10 tracks. Included are Wilson's arrangements of the classic Miles Davis tune InchMilestones,Inch Coltrane's InchEquinoxInch and eight Wilson-penned gems, including InchViva Tirado,Inch which was a Top 30 instrumental pop hit in 1970 that Wilson wrote for the Mexican-American band, El Chicano.

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony 3 [COMPACT DISCS] date 10/23/2007

Giantess marks the second solo album of flutist Jennie Oh Brown. A deeply personal project, this album is dedicated to her late grandmothers. Both grew up, raised families, and survived during a time when Korea was ravaged by war, oppression, and poverty. This collection of works captures their spirits through stories of courage, wonder, faith, struggle, and loss. 2016 Pulitzer Prize Finalist Carter Pann joins Brown as collaborative pianist on his own works, as well as Shulamit Ran's Birds of Paradise. A vibrant and colorful work, the brilliance of Bird's outer movements beautifully frame the soulful second. Pann's Giantess embodies it's title in this heroic work for flute and piano. It is contrasted with Pann's Melodies for Robert for flute, cello, and piano, where rich harmonies bring a calm lyricism to the movements. Valerie Coleman's Wish Sonatine depicts the passage through which Africans were trafficked across the Atlantic. Misook Kim's Amazing Grace is derived from the hymn while taking motivic ideas from the Korean folksong Arirang. Visionary composer Augusta Read Thomas' work for flute and string quartet, Plea for Peace, was written to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the world's first nuclear reactor. Jennie Oh Brown is a founding member of Picosa, a Chicago based ensemble dedicated to music that crosses boundaries of genre and time. She is also on the faculties of Wheaton and Elmhurst Colleges.