Joseph Payne - Twelve Suites for Harpsichord - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Jazz Partout's music is an irresistible blend of French musette waltzes, Gypsy jazz and classic chansons. The prime influences come from Django Reinhardt's hot jazz, but the pioneers of French jazz accordion, Gus Viseur and Tony Murena, are of equal importance. Jazz Partout has refreshed these timeless tunes and they have also brought newer compositions and more modern sounds to their selection. Ravi contains a representative sample of Jazz Partout's repertoire. The range of different styles reaches from swing (The Sheik of Araby) to bebop (Moppin' The Bride/Babik), from impressionistic shades (Lentement Mademoiselle) to fiery Latin-American rhythms (Bossa Dorado), from musette waltzes (Balajo) to chanson classics (L'accordeoniste), from tropic heat of South America (La Foule) to Finland in the utmost north (Malagueta). This music combines the best qualities of three different cultures American swing, French elegance and expressive emotionality of Sinti music.

Josh Da Costa makes his solo debut with New Wave Graveyard, an album which pays tribute to a spectrum of underground music and carves out a new niche.Josh Da Costa imagined his solo debut album New Wave Graveyard as a Inchgreatest hits from a parallel universe, classic songs from an alternate reality.Inch He says, InchInstead of trying to home in on one specific vibe or sound and capturing it over the course of, say, a month of my life, I chose to sort of chameleon my way through my own taste and record collection and try out different approaches to songwriting - as if I were more than just one artist.InchNew Wave Graveyard might draw on the '70s and '80s genre that gives the album it's name, but new wave is one of many of Josh Da Costa's musical inspirations - the album is a beautiful soup of styles and ideas, from glam to shoegaze, all informed by Josh's eclectic taste. With witty lyrics and an abundance of catchy songs, New Wave Graveyard is a thrilling statement from an exciting new artist.

Joseph Payne - Six French Suites [COMPACT DISCS] date 10/12/1994