Vox Vermillion Discography of CDs

Vox Vermillion music CDs Tom Alonso's "The Long Way Home" is an eclectic anthology which features over 60 musicians and vocalists, including drummer Dennis Chambers, saxophonist David Rhen and members of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The music runs the gamut from symphonic jazz to Copland-esque chamber pieces and often has the sound of a modern film score. "Alonso's music is ceaselessly (one might say restlessly) inventive, wisely side-stepping the facile and the shopworn at every juncture." -- John Harding, Patuxent Publishing "Alonso's assets are many. There's his rich harmonic palette, evocatively bold melodies and an impressive rhythmic verve." -- Jazz Times "If you want creative, excellent contemporary jazz in a symphonic mode with a touch of swing, this CD collection will be a highly enjoyable addition to your jazz library." -- JazzReview One of the most stylistically unusual albums of the mid-'90s alterna-pop scene was the self-titled debut by that dog., which set lead singer Anna Waronker's scratchy indie-guitar noise-pop tendencies against the folky quietude of the triplet-sisters string section led by violinist Petra Haden (now of the Decemberists and Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out fame). The debut album by Minneapolis' Vox Vermillion has a similar sort of tension: the album's center is constantly shifting between Emily Dantuma's cello and Kelsey Crawford's hard-edged, percussive piano and the thudding, rock-oriented rhythm section ...