Hawley / Arts / Bode - Shall We Gather at the River - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Digitally remastered two CD set containing a trio of albums by the jazz/R&B singer, songwriter, producer and drummer. This set contains the former Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jeff Beck and Tommy Bolin drummer’s fourth, fifth and sixth albums for Atlantic, released in 1979, 1980 and 1982 ‘I Shoulda Loved Ya’ from The Dance Of Life was a UK Top 10 hit single. All three albums made the Billboard Top 200 chart. Walden’s production credits are impressive – he produced hits for Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin and Mariah Carey amongst many others Slipcase package includes extensive new notes.

The CD takes it's title from the well loved piece by Michael Head. This recital of British music for flute and piano is mainly romantic in mood, but not sentimental, given the robust nature of the sonatas by Alwyn and Leighton (both rarities despite the stature of their composers). a splendid third divine art CD for Smith and Rhodes which includes a number of little gems recorded for the first time.

This is a great collection of songs inspired by the river. The album includes traditional folk songs, works by composers such as Stephen Foster and John Jacob Niles, as well as works by Korngold, Rorem, Weill, and others. All of these are brought to the listener in beautiful performances. The American baritone, Steven Kimbrough, studied at the University of Birmingham, Alabama, and at Princeton Theological Seminary (graduated in 1962). He had further studies in Italy. Kimbrough is well known as a recital and concert singer through many appearances at New York's Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and with symphonies in the USA and abroad. He is the foremost interpreter of the Inchturn-of-the-centuryInch school of Viennese composers (most of whom were effaced by Hitler's Third Reich), as is demonstrated by his many highly praised recordings. He has presented in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and elsewhere a recital of their songs under the title InchForbidden Composers.Inch