Don Cherry - Complete Communion CD

Gene Krupa's most famous lineup included singers Anita O'Day and Buddy Stewart, and the tenor saxophonist Charlie Ventura. 1946 LIVE! documents this superb band, compiling three radio broadcasts. A young Red Rodney is featured on "The Man I Love," and we even hear an arrangement of "Bird House" by a then-19 year old Gerry Mulligan, who would go on to become one of the main progenitors of West Coast cool jazz. Krupa is inspired on all 22 tracks, and his solo on "Leave Us Leap" is a tour-de-force. Recording information: Culver City California (01/08/1946-09/05/1946); Navy Show (01/08/1946-09/05/1946); Palladium Los Angeles (01/08/1946-09/05/1946). Personnel: Gene Krupa (drums); Anita O'Day, Buddy Stewart (vocals). Liner Note Author: Edward Burke .

Complete Communion songs. With its sentimental tie-in to the beloved television special and its all-star roster, this curious project has all the trappings of a holiday-driven commercial venture. Musician/composer/arranger David Benoit organized a cast of adult contemporary musicians to interpret songs associated with A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS to commemorate the show's 40th anniversary. Vince Guaraldi's joyous solo piano pieces are sorely missed, but the performances by Toni Braxton, the Rippingtons, Vanessa Williams, and others, have an accessibility and charm that will appeal to children and adults alike.

Complete Communion music CDs. Live à Victoriaville documents the first North American concert by the duo of Heiner Goebbels and Alfred 23 Harth (half of the avant rock quartet Cassiber). Both musicians play many instruments, including keyboards, reeds, brass, Chinese violin, percussion, and voice. The first half of the album (side A of the original LP) showcases five compositions by the duo, of which "The Ballade of the Durable Grey Goose" is the most convincing: complex, lyrical, and witty. The playful "The Laughing and the Crying Man" provides a short highlight too. The second half contains the magnum opus "The Peking Opera" surrounded by surprising cover tunes. The 13-minute piece, which would serve a few years later as the basis for Ground Zero's riveting album Revolutionary Pekinese Opera, is given a great live treatment. The complex piece calls for octopusian qualities as both musicians handle many instruments at once while following a tape. Rameau's classical Le Rappel des Oiseaux and the false cabaret anthem "At Last I Am Free" make a very odd framing for this piece, but somehow it works out. North American releases by this duo are close to nonexistent; for this reason alone, Live à ...

Complete Communion album. DOUBLE RECORD SET ON 1 CD! 18 SONGS! Olympia's eclectic Just Plain Bill has released their own "Dead Letter Office". This new double record contains 8 songs from Just Plain Bill's (out of print) first CD "Spoke". Those songs have been retweaked, ...

Complete Communion CD music. Recorded at Ocean Studios, Burbank, California.