Idit Shner - Merle Noir - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Limited brown vinyl LP pressing. World Radio is Leo Sayer's 9th studio album, which reached #30 when originally released in 1982, becoming his tenth successive Top 50 UK Album since his 1973 debut album Silverbird and features the hits 'Have You Ever Been In Love' and '(Heart) Stop Beating In Time ', the latter written especially for him by the Bee Gees. This album was produced by Atlantic Records' legendary producer, Arif Mardin.

... these five are original... Shner is undoubtedly a John Coltrane disciple, albeit with a personal sound... Together they bring an exciting cocktail that properly tightens the links between Western jazz and African traditions. A startling album and one for the year-end lists without a doubt! - Jazz'halo (Belgium). The Shona, InchNgatibatanei,Inch translates to a call for unity and kinship, emphasizing the interconnectedness of people - a very appropriate sentiment guiding the second album by MHONDORO. The melding of traditional Zimbabwean music, American jazz, and an unescapable dose of the Pacific Northwest, InchNgatibataneiInch celebrates the sounds of it's diverse roots with tart melodies sailing amongst inspired grooves, creating surprising moments throughout. MHONDORO is Israeli saxophonist Idit Shner, Zimbabwean vocalist & percussionist John Mambira, and the Oregon-bred rhythm section of pianist Torrey Newhart, bassist Garrett Baxter, and drummer Ken Mastrogiovanni, who discovered their collective sound - both global and hyper-local, truly American in the best sense of the word-during the long days of the pandemic. Meaning Inchthe lion spiritInch in Shona, MHONDORO is full of joy and brimming with the force of life.

Presented with a University of Oregon Faculty Excellence Award in 2016, saxophonist Idit Shner chose to invest that award in the creation of new compositions for saxophone. Participating in both individual and group commissioning efforts, this recording was programmed from that collection of ten new works by long established composers, such as Chicago's Stacy Garrop, to several more diverse and emerging voices, including Ziv Slama from Israel and the Oregon-based Andrea Reinkemeyer and Evan C. Paul. With pianist EunHye Choi, Shner performed several concerts with each of these pieces to enthusiastic response, forming the belief that while obvious audience favorites, they also represent a substantial contribution to current saxophone literature.