Evans / Hooper / Makholm / Willis Delony - Out of Character-Classical & Jazz Connections 3 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2007 five CD set, a great installment in Sony/BMG's Original Album Classics series that brings together rare and out of print titles with some best sellers from the Sony/BMG Jazz catalog. Many of these albums have been unavailable on CD for some time and are sought after by collectors. Each set is presented in a high quality, rigid cardboard slipcase containing five 'vinyl replica' mini LP sleeves. This collection from the Jazz fusion greats features the albums I Sing the Body Electric, Sweetnighter, Mysterious Traveller, Black Market and Night Passage. Album Tracks 1. Unknown Soldiers 2. The Moors 3. Crystal 4. Second Sunday in August 5. Vertical Invader/ T. H./ Dr. Honoris Causa/ Vertical Invader/T.H./DR. Honoris Causa 6. Surucucu 7. Directions 1. Boogie Woogie Waltz 2. Manolete 3. Adios 4. 125th Street Congress 5. Will 6. Non-Stop Home 1. Nubian Sundance 2. American Tango 3. Cucumber Slumber 4. Mysterious Traveler 5. Blackthorn Rose 6. Scarlet Woman 7. Jungle Book 1. Black Market 2. Cannon Ball 3. Gibraltar 4. Elegant People 5. Three Clowns 6. Barbary Coast 7. Herandu 1. Night Passage 2. Dream Clock 3. Port of Entry 4. Forlorn 5. Rockin' in Rhythm 6. Fast City 7. Three Views of a Secret 8. Madagascar

Album Tracks 1. Vive la Commune 2. Poses Ton Fardeau Et Remets la Machine en Route 3. 7 Rue Des Precheurs 4. Fable of Faubus 5. Mazir

While music for two pianos is encountered frequently, larger groups of pianos are rare, so this is an excellent opportunity to explore new and recent music for three pianos by composers from Turkey, Brazil, Spain and Italy. While exploring modern techniques the music is predominantly tonal, and remarkably light and clear-textured much of the time, though never facile or shallow. The composers have used the three keyboards to explore richer melodic lines and counterpoints while avoiding the temptation to create overwhelming walls of sound. The piece by Dallapicolla in particular is open-textured and quite traditional, predating his adoption of serialism. The album includes the world premiere recording of Saygun's major work 'Poem'. The three pianists are also international - Ucbasaran and Gallo now both live and teach in the USA and Chavaldas works in Spain. They met when students at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary. They all have highly praised recordings and concert appearances to their credit and came together for this special album in 2010 though it has awaited it's until now. Album Tracks 1. Fikir Hücreleri (Idea Cells) 2. S'io esca vivo (If I Escape Alive) 3. Poem, Op. 73 4. Petit Nocturne Noir 5. Requiem for Mehmet 6. Musica per tre pianoforti (Inni - Hymn)~I. Allegro, molto sostenuto 7. Musica per tre pianoforti (Inni - Hymn)~II. Un poco adagio, funebre 8. Musica per tre pianoforti (Inni - Hymn)~III. Allegramente, ma solenne