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The follow-up to 1983's PAST LIGHT, 1986's CONFERRING WITH THE MOON continues that album's exploration of new settings for William Ackerman's inimitable guitar style. The album expands on its predecessor by increasing the number and variety ... Full Descriptionof instruments Ackerman plays with, but it steps back from that album's sometimes over-filled, busy arrangements by focusing on duets and trios.
Ackerman's own guitar playing, as usual, is overdubbed to add richness and depth to the sound, to the extent that his solo performance of the title track sounds in spots like two or three guitarists playing nearly--but not quite--the same piece. Elsewhere, shards of keyboard, both electric and acoustic, buffer Ackerman's watery yet never aimless playing, with reeds and percussion appearing occasionally for color. These 11 brief pieces explore and develop a variety of moods. Hide Description Conferring With The Moon Music William Ackerman Conferring With The Moon Songs Conferring With The Moon Music Review Purchase Conferring With The Moon CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Masada Quintet Stolas: Book Of Angels Volume 12 CD (2009)
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STOLAS is the 12th volume in John Zorn's BOOK OF ANGELS series of compositions, and it's a welcome and compelling idea that he decided to re-form his stellar Masada quintet for the occasion. In addition to the rhythm section of Joey Baron and Greg Cohen, trumpeter Dave Douglas, and pianist Uri Caine, Zorn enlisted tenor sax giant Joe Lovano to replace him on all but one cut where he adds his alto, making the group a sextet. Here klezmer, Yiddish folk music, bossa nova, and other Latin jazz all come together in a seamless meld of tunes that accent the symmetry of ensemble play as much as they do an extremely advanced sense of ensemble harmonics, rhythmic invention, and, of course, tautly arranged spaces for individual improvisation--check out the album's longest cut, "Tagriel," for evidence as Zorn's composition not only travels genres but centuries. The popping showcase for solos that is "Serakel" is nonetheless a grooving post-bop tune with a joyous klezmer lyric line. The sheer shimmering beauty of "Psisya," which moves from jazz ballad to bossa to Hebrew folk song and back again, is stunning. While Stolas is not completely "inside," it is far more so than most have a right to expect. For newcomers to Zorn's music, this may not sound typical of his dozens ...
| | Quincy Jones Explores The Music Of Henry Mancini CD (1964)
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Arranger Quincy Jones utilizes three overlapping studio bands to perform swinging renditions of a dozen Henry Mancini ...
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