Frank Kimbrough - Ancestors - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

50's & 60's Rockabilly collection from the vaults of the Sarg Records tag. Includes deluxe booklet with extensive liner notes.

It has been over four years since the passing of Frank Kimbrough, an incredible pianist, composer and educator. His loss left an unfillable void in the jazz scene of New York City and throughout the world. Fortunately, his lessons and music still live on in his students, peers and recordings. So, it is with great pleasure and pride that Sunnyside Records presents The Call, a collection of solo performances that were captured and later rediscovered by recording engineer Matt Balitsaris.Kimbrough was an integral part of the New York jazz scene. He was a beloved friend and collaborator. He appeared in ensembles led by leaders as diverse and illustrious as Maria Schneider, Ben Allison, Ted Nash, Matt Wilson, Jay Anderson, and Kendra Shank, among many others. Kimbrough's original compositions were as celebrated as his interpretations of standards and the jazz canon, for which he was highly regarded, especially after the of his prodigious recording of the full Thelonious Monk oeuvre on Monk's Dreams (Sunnyside, 2018).Though he regularly led and recorded with ensembles of all sorts, Kimbrough was also respected as a remarkable piano soloist. As well as the occasional solo performance, Kimbrough recorded one solo album, Air (Palmetto, 2007). This makes the of The Call especially welcome, as it is another program of solo piano playing on varied material, including beloved pieces by Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie, along with the initial recordings of pieces that would become essential parts of Kimbrough's original songbook.Fortunately, the tapes were running when Kimbrough stepped into his favorite recording studio, Maggie's Farm, in Buck's County, Pennsylvania on July 19, 2010. Engineer Balitsaris captured a full afternoon's worth of material, which he later unearthed for this .The program begins with a knotty version of Ellington's InchAngelica, Inch Kimbrough's Monk

SOMM RECORDINGS is pleased to announce a celebration of Favourite Orchestral Classics by Iain Sutherland and the Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Recorded in Munich in 1998 and Hanover in 1992, these glorious recordings bear the unmistakable stamp of the Scottish maestro's reputation for emotion, colour and drama. Sixteen composers drawn from three centuries of memorable music range from the brilliant heraldic flourish of Charpentier's Te Deum Prelude (made internationally popular as the signature tune of the European Broadcasting Union) to Stravinsky's agenda-changing The Firebird, with it's beautiful Lullaby. There is yearning romance in Prokofiev's 'The Young Juliet' and Mascagni's Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana, thrilling fantasy in Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream Scherzo, ecstatic energy in Khachaturian's Sabre Dance (Gayane), infectious high spirits in Copland's Hoe-Down (Rodeo) and the sylvan beauty of On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring by Delius. Other highlights include unforgettable classic moments from Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (the delightful 'Le Caprice de Nanette'), Bizet (the lilting Minuet from L'Arlésienne with it's novel use of saxophone), Bach (the sublime Sheep May Safely Graze) and Puccini (Suor Angelica's melody-rich Intermezzo). Completing the wide-ranging recital are Grieg's festive Wedding Day at Troldhaugen and evocative Norwegian Rustic March, the haunting scenesetting introduction to Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, and Debussy's vividly impressionistic en bateau. Iain Sutherland's previous SOMM releases include the Inchimpressive... fully recommendedInch (Musical Opinion) Bernstein Broadway to Hollywood (Ariadne 5002) and In London Town (SOMMCD 0117) with it's Inchsparkling performances of some of the cream of light musicInch (MusicWeb International). His two volumes of Great Classic Film Music (Ariadne 5006/5009) received wide accl