Melissa Sweeney - Golden Thread - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana's third Blue Note album, Filin, is an exquisite ballads album that presents stunning new versions of songs drawn from the Filin music tradition of Cuba, a style of popular song from the 1940s-60s that was deeply influenced by American musicians such as Nat King Cole. The album title is a homophone with the word feelin' and the deeply felt performances find Aldana with a remarkable quartet featuring the Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba with Peter Washington on bass and Kush Abadey on drums, as well as special guest vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant on two tracks. The band also interprets songs by Brazilian composers Hermeto Pascoal (InchLittle ChurchInch) and Cartola (InchLas Rosas No HablanInch).

Vocalist and guitarist Melissa Collard is joined by trumpeter Bryan Shaw, painist Chris Dawson, bassist Richard Simon, and drummer Hal Smith. 17 tracks including Out of Nowhere, I'm Confessing', Love You Madly, Indian Summer, Azure.

Exclusive Japanese reissue from Universal. During his brief 54-year life, Carl Richter made an indelible mark on the history of Bach performance, recording 76 of Bach's church cantatas and one secular cantata, along with monumental works such as the Matthew Passion and the John Passion. His extraordinary achievements remain a benchmark for excellence in interpreting Bach's music.