Umoja - Spirit of Togetherness - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Between 1979 and 1982, the Universal Togetherness Band tracked unearthly portions of their sprawling songbook for bewildered students in Columbia College's audio engineering program. Storming the gates of Chicago's premier recording studios, the erudite party band explored permutations of soul, jazz-fusion, new wave, and disco with little regard for studio rates or the availability of magnetic tape. Universal Togetherness Band captures the brightest, never-before-heard moments from this visionary group's 5-semester recording bender. Album Tracks 1. Ain't Gonna Cry 2. Real Thrill 3. Try Try Try 4. My Sentiment 5. Once in a Lifetime 6. Taken By Love 7. Call for Love 8. I Want You

Album Tracks 1. Improvise, Don't Compromise 2. Moment of Truth 3. Journey 4. Soze (Never) 5. Phendula (Reply) 6. Reflect 7. Sibanye (We Are One)

The Avalokite Duo possess a unique sound due to the changing timbres of it's countless percussion instruments, combined with the characteristic sounds of the harp. This program joins their album The Spirit of Sound (CDS7804), and is the result of this duo's challenge to contemporary composers to make use of their virtuoso skill in making new sonic discoveries. This expansion of the duo's repertoire ranges from the playful brilliance of Silvia Bianchera's Apagù to the poignant introspectiveness of Maria Grazia Armaleo's Preludio and Tanghetto. Middle Eastern experiences can be heard in Annie Fontana's Appunti di Viaggio, while Angelo Bruzzese's Capriccio reveals subtle echoes, in this album of distinctive premiere recordings. Album Tracks 1. APAGÙ 2. E da questo calore nacque la luce 3. Appunti di viaggio Suite in four tableaux~Corazim 4. Appunti di viaggio Suite in four tableaux~Cafarnao 5. Appunti di viaggio Suite in four tableaux~Gerico 6. Appunti di viaggio Suite in four tableaux~Gerusalemme 7. Krik Galeba 8. Burlesque 9. Capriccio 10. Preludio 11. Tanghetto