Earle Spencer & His Orchestra - Almost Forgotten Pioneer of Big Band Jazz - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Vintage New Orleans jazz style & the truest sound of original jazz is the hallmark of the Zenith Jazz Band; cornet/clarinetist Scheelar leads the band featuring reed man Bob Helm & female vocalist Genny Haley.

For Quatuor Arod, the six string quartets in Haydn's opus 76 Inchrepresent the apogee of the Classical style, but they are also ageless, Inchpresenting almost infinite possibilitiesInch. This Haydn project has been close to Arod's heart for a long time. InchHaydn, the founding father of the string quartet, composed the op. 76 quartets in his mid-sixties. Representing Haydn in all his maturity, achievement and mastery as he exploits a broad expressive palette, they constitute a turning point in the history of the quartet as a genre.Inch Within this Classical repertoire, the Arod's players sought to be Inchfaithful to both the spirit and letter of these works... The modern bow, invented after the time of Haydn, did not allow us enough flexibility and lightness, which are defining features of his writing...Inch Arod's solution was to commission a new set of bows, based on models produced in the 1770s by the celebrated Tourte brothers. The players' instruments, which date from the 17th and 18th centuries, remained configured for modern practice. InchThe impact of the Classical bows was immediate the articulation became more natural, the responses more flexible, the sound more transparent. The bows transformed our playing, which became lighter, more open and more free.Inch

These tracks may be forgotten, but the vocalists sure aren't-Helen O'Connell, Bob Eberly, Kitty Kallen, Teddy Walters and June Richmond are among the singers heard here! Includes Ballerina; Didn't You Know That I Care; Go Fly a Kite; South Rampart Street Parade; Let Yourself Go; I Get Along Without You Very Well, and more. 24 tracks!