Pizzetti’s sprawling 43-minute symphony was written to commemorate the 2600th Anniversary of the Japanese Imperial Dynasty. This 1940 Symphony doesn’t have a particularly Japanese feel to it. Rather, the work has a strong modal flavor — in some places it reminded me of Vaughan Williams. Pizzetti was a contemporary of Ottorino Respighi and shared his […]
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New Jazz Adds – 10/9/2018
New Jazz Adds – 10/9/2018 Dave Anderson – Melting Pot (Label 1): Composer/soprano & alto sax player Dave Anderson pulled together a wonderful group of players to create a “melting pot” of players and compositions. The players include Dave Restivo (piano, Rhodes), Hans Glawischnig (bass), Memo Acevedo (drums), Roberto Quintero (percussion), Need Murgai (sitar), Enron […]
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New Blues & Soul News – 10/5/2018
New Blues News – 10/5/2018 Barbara Blue – Fish In Dirty H2O (Big Blue): Barbara Blue moved to Memphis in 1997 and has been performing there for the past 20 years. She wrote or re-arranged most of the songs on this disc and this appears to be her first release. Blue has a talky style […]
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#ClassicsaDay #FamousLastWorks Week 1
For the month of October, the #ClassicsaDay team (of which I’m a part), decided to go with a Halloween theme. The idea is to share works marked in some way with the composer’s demise. It can be the last piece a composer completed before death, or one left incomplete at death. For my part, I […]
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Jazz at 100 Hour 81: Soul Jazz – Saxophonists and Pianists
Les McCann Soul Jazz developed in the late 1950s and become a staple of ghetto jukeboxes. Its catchy lines, heavy beat and blues-influenced phasing became a popular alternative to other jazz forms evolving in the 1960s. In addition to the guitar and organ led ensembles that have been featured in the previous two hours of […]
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São Paulo Symphony and Karabtchevsky Deliver with Villa-Lobos Symphonies, Vol. 5
Volume five of Naxos’ Villa-Lobos Symphonies features three works written for American premieres. Symphony No. 8 was completed in 1950, No. 9 in 1952, and No. 11 in 1955. Despite the five-year span, the three works share several similarities. All three are relatively short works. Villa-Lobos’ motifs are almost epigrams, and yet these are densely-compact […]
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New Jazz Adds – 10/2/2018
New Jazz Adds – 10/2/2018 Aguanko – Pattern Recognition (Self-produced): Alberto Nacif (composer, conga player) leads his group Aguanko through ten songs written or arranged to reflect the wide range of styles and rhythms from across the globe. The base is distinctly Latin, but the blend of instruments and lead instruments create a true “world […]
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F is for Fake – Copyleft in 18th Century Music
I suspect the ubiquity of the term “fake news” inspired this compilation. But it does raise an interesting point. How much does authorship influence our assessment of a work? The Trio Glie Speziali present a variety of Baroque compositions that were attributed to others — some famous, and some not. Misattribution could be accidental. The […]
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WTJU 91.1 FM celebrates Latinos in our community in October
As part of Hispanic Heritage Month 2018, Charlottesville will celebrate Latinos in our community in October, with activities sponsored by WTJU 91.1 FM in partnership with Sin Barreras, a community-based nonprofit. “Unsettled” Audio Stories Project Starting Oct. 3, WTJU will air minute-long audio portraits throughout its program schedule, featuring the voices of dozens of Charlottesville […]