William Ash - Sweet Wire Vol. 1 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

William Ash was and remains one of the foremost guitarists in the New York and International Jazz scene. After mastering the guitar within the InchWes Montgomery schoolInch, he later learned the bass as a means to supplement his career, becoming a double threat, along with a knack for composing catchy jazz tunes. A protege of the great pianist Barry Harris, Ash is one of the modern purveyors of a an ancient, yet newly revered style of jazz known as InchBe-BopInch, and he's worked with many of the greats, including Jack McDuff, Cecil Payne, Roy Hargrove, Joey InchG-ClefInch Cavaseno, Bobby Forrester, and Larry Goldings. About Ash, InchAll About JazzInch stated he had Incha soulfully mellow sound with a driving dynamic approachInch. InchSweet WireInch, Volume 1 and 2 are some now archival recordings that never saw daylight, from back in 2005. They were birthed from some exclusive studio sessions in drummer Jimmy Madison's studio in NYC's Broadway Alley, featuring Madison's tasty, swinging drumming, as well as the versatile bass of Thomas Bramerie. These recordings truly show the art of the guitar trio, once pioneered by Wes Montgomery, Ash's main influence, but Ash takes said art to the next level on these sides. To say that these albums are InchgreatInch merely scratches the surface, as audiences will no doubt be surprised by the high level of Jazz going on here. On InchSweet WireInch Volumes 1 & 2, Ash pushes his own limits and breaks out in a creative flurry of edgy Modern Bop, never before heard in Jazz Music. One of his contemporaries, guitarist Peter Bernstein spoke of this InchWilliam Ash is one the most amazing guitarists I've ever heard. From a ridiculously young age, he had a mastery of the jazz language and natural ability to create and communicate beautiful ideas. A recording from him is an exciting thing!Inch

The Cleftones were one of many talented doowop groups to emerge from New York during the '50s, scoring their biggest hit with the memorable classic InchLittle Girl Of MineInch, along with other pop and R&B hits like InchHeart And SoulInch. Having got together at high school in Queens, N.Y., they signed to George Goldner's Gee tag and made records over the next few years which doowop aficionados rank alongside some of the best in the genre, until breaking up when overtaken by the British Invasion in 1963. This 45-track 2-CD set comprises all the A and B sides, released during this period, featuring the various evolving line-ups of the group, along with all the tracks from the InchPajama PartyInch, InchHeart And SoulInch & InchFor Sentimental ReasonsInch albums which were not otherwise released on singles - it represents almost all their career recording output. As such, it's a thorough overview of their active recording career, and a comprehensive showcase for their distinctive style and talent

Period instruments such as the traverso, the Baroque violin, the viola da gamba and the harpsichord offer an incredibly wide palette of new sound possibilities suited to contemporary ears. From the early 1960s an increasing number of postmodernist composers began looking at these instruments as perfect tools to reconnect with both their audience and the music traditions from the past. Contemporary experimental IncheffectsInch, through the use of extended techniques and electronics, are proven able to create a fruitful dialogue with the perennial InchaffectsInch that baroque instruments are capable of arousing. Affect is no Crime explores the heterogeneity of this new path, presenting 5 world premiere recordings of 5 works written for these 4 instruments from 5 celebrated living composers, from 5 different countries from Anspielungen by H.M. Linde, an atonal patchwork enriched with baroque quotations, to the ironic and microtonal Tiet/Lots by J. Tiensuu; from the neo-impressionistic La Fenêtre Ouverte by J. Fontyn to Revenant by J. Morlock, a modal and minimalist homage to Bach, passing through the experimental Sun Bleached with electronics, freshly commissioned from T. Polymeneas Liontiris.