Spoon - They Want My Soul - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Tenor saxophonist & trumpeter are recorded here in 1967 in Manchester, England, feat. Al Gay, John Barnes, Roy Williams, Jim Douglas, Ron Rae & Lennis Hastings on 11 tracks.

Vinyl LP pressing. 2018 . JP Harris doesn't fancy himself a musician as much as a carpenter who writes country songs. With his album, Sometimes Dogs Bark at Nothing, Harris is back after a four-year hiatus to remind us what it's like to actually live the stories we hear so often in country music. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Harris left home at 14 and traveled the country hopping freight trains, working the odd job, and living without electricity or running water for over a decade. For this record, his third full-length, he tapped a handful of his favorite players and called on the production prowess of Morgan Jahnig (Old Crow Medicine Show) to capture the stories of his stranger-than-fiction life. Dripping with pedal steel and telecaster twang, the record has the rugged edges of outlaw, the danceability of honky tonk, and classic country's beloved emotional candor. After more than a decade in the trenches, Harris is more in love with country music than ever. If he hasn't already, his latest effort will make you a believer.

AMERICAN SOUL from Broadway to Paris is the title of Duo Rosa's second opus, featuring art songs, Broadway melodies and cabaret tunes. In this new project, the two musicians maintain a concept that was one of the keys to the previous album's success a blend of classical and popular music in a varied, accessible programme that pleases audiences of all ages, regardless of whether they are classical music lovers or not. Concertgoers were mesmerized by the energy exuded by Duo Rosa on their first tour - Return World Tour - and by the theatrical effects with which they infused classical melodies and Latin American popular songs. Thus it is only natural that they would now turn to North American repertoire, in all it's flamboyance, to present a recital brimming with emotions happiness, nostalgia, humour, sadness... and many other surprises! To grasp the audience's attention and hold them spellbound, the duo has selected a series of highly popular songs combined with less well-known classical melodies. They perform famous Broadway tunes such as I feel pretty and Somewhere by Bernstein from West Side Story, or Gershwin songs including The man I love and I got rhythm from An American in Paris. The cabaret genre is likewise present, with numbers by Kurt Weill (Buddy on the nightshift and Je ne t'aime pas) and William Bolcom's humorous Amor. Léna Kollmeier also displays her skill as a solo pianist in two attractive, demanding pieces filled with imagery.