Michael Blake - Tiddy Boom - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Johnathan Blake - InchPassageInch / Johnathan Blake's new album Passage is a stirring follow-up to acclaimed 2021 tag debut Homeward Bound. The drummer and composer reconvened his band Pentad featuring alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, vibraphonist Joel Ross, pianist David Virelles, and bassist Dezron Douglas. Dedicated to Blake's father and musical mentor, jazz violinist John Blake, Jr., Passage captures the arc of personal and collective evolution the passing from one moment to the next, from one phase into another. Album Tracks 1. Lament for Lo 2. Passage 3. Muna & Johna's Playtime 4. Tiempos 5. Groundhog Day 6. Tears I Cannot Hide 7. A Slight Taste (Dez Intro) 8. A Slight Taste 9. Out of Sight, Out of Mind 10. West Berkley Street

The academic and composer of international acclaim William Bergsma (1921-94) is known for his opera, the Wife of Martin Guerre, works for full orchestra, string quartets, a woodwind quintet, Tangents for Piano, and other works for voice, chorus, and band. He founded the University of Washington Contemporary Group in the mid-1960s. In musical style, he has been characterized as a composer who Inchnever deserted tonalityInch. Deserving rediscovery, this Centaur features two works for solo piano and the title work, for piano, horn and violin. Album Tracks 1. The Voice of the Coelacanth 2. Three Fantasies 3. Changes for Seven 4. Tangents

Album Tracks 1. Youth of the Heart 2. My Father Loves Nikita Kruschev 3. The Willow Tree 4. Billy O'Shea 5. Tarry Flynn 6. The Deserter 7. Earl's Lane / Old Hag You Have Killed Me / Sparks (Jigs) 8. Mo Mhadu Beag 9. Little Pack of Tailors / I've Got a Toothache 10. The Coming of the Roads 11. Pat Molloy 12. Don't Laugh at Me 13. When the Boys Are on Parade