Moss - New Paths - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Pianist Alexander Soares's previous albums for Rubicon include the epic piano sonata by Frank Bridge, the Berg Sonata, and the rarely performed Variations by Britten. His debut album, Notations & Sketches, programed Boulez, Messiaen and Dutilleux. Gramophone magazine said of this album InchAlthough most of these pieces have been collated on various anthologies of French piano music, few of them can match this new in it's balanced conception or consistency of execution... resulting in what could hardly be a more auspicious debut.Inch For his latest recording, he embarks on a traversal of the four Tippet Piano Sonatas programing them alongside two composers who influenced Tippett, and one who he, in turn, influenced.

Founded in 1977 by Lionel Hampton, the Who's Who in Jazz tag existed as a means to present to the world the best musicians that the jazz world had to offer. With Lionel chairing the recording sessions (and also featuring on several of the sessions himself), these recordings have truly earned their title featuring jazz greats such as Buddy Rich, Charles Mingus, Terumasa Hino, Sonny Stitt, Teddy Wilson, Stéphane Grappelli and Dave Brubeck, amidst many others. Recorded at The Buccaneer September 24, 1982, St. Croix, U.S.V.I, this live album sees Hamilton invite Jon Straws (bass), Delroy Thomas (drums) and George Mayone (piano) to showcase an array of classic compositions including 'Misty', 'The Shadow of Your Smile' and 'As Time Goes By'.

On the present , a jazz musician, pianist, and composer plays Erik Satie. Born in 1945, Ulrich Gumpert first began piano lessons with his father before going on to study in Weimar where he majored in French horn. Beginning in 1967 he performed in various bands with Klaus Lenz, and in 1971 co-founded the jazz rock group SOK. That same year he founded SYNOPSIS, from which the ZENTRALQUARTETT emerged in 1984. Ulrich Gumpert has developed an idiosyncratic personal style by using the experience of jazz and European music history in an original way. InchGumpert, who as a person never pushes himself to the fore, is also characterized by his modest reserve on his instrument. Without becoming particularly loud, particularly weird or particularly fast, he has found his very own tone lyrical, warm, substantial, to the point. A quiet giant of German jazz.Inch (Jazzclub Tonne)