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This CD features 's vibes and 's piano in ten classical duos with jazz improvisations. The two styles have never merged with more soul, spirit, or, well, virtuosity, and the material is rich and varied enough to please fans of both. It begins with one of 's most popular compositions, Le Tombeau de Couperin, which in these masterful hands sparkles as it flows, reminding listeners why 's harmonies inspired so many jazz musicians. The collection includes a thunderous prelude leavened with swing and a Latin feel, a Brazilian take on, the lush and passionate tango 'Milonga,' a gorgeous, extended medley from the opera Lakme with a familiar second part (arranged by Jay Kennedy, who worked on four of the tracks here), and a gem where it's hard to tell the original from the improvisation. There are two beauties by, whose 1924 'Rhapsody in Blue' first collapsed the wall between jazz and classical music; and add new bluesiness to his 'Prelude No. 2' and comment brilliantly on his 'Piano Concerto in F.'
On Sonata K20, they soften Scarlatti's starchy edges with sensuous Latin figures. In yet another pleasing segue - this CD is very well-paced - this is followed by a rare 'Impromptu,' all shifting, -like pastels until introduces some barrelhouse piano. The closer is 's quiet, haunting 'Something Borrowed, Something Blue,' which was inspired by the project itself. And produce a fulsome, totally satisfying sound, and their fluidity and grace are astonishing. 's extensive notes explain the selections and approach to each piece, deepening the experience. A stunning accomplishment, and highly recommended.
The Burton-Ozone sound is quite different from that of the more famous Burton-Corea duo. Ozone uses his left hand to a rhythmic effect and plays often thick chords on the right. He is a superb pianist, but his style is somewhat heavier than that of Corea’s. Gary Burton is an American jazz vibraphonist, composer, and educator. Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the prevailing two-mallet technique. This approach caused him to be heralded as an innovator, and his sound and technique are widely imitated. He is also known for pioneering fusion jazz and popularizing the duet format in jazz, as well as being a major figure in music education from his 30 years at the Berklee College of Music. Hamp, Red, Bags And Cal) in 2001, Gary Burton surprised some when he released this evocative duet classical CD. Released in 2002, Virtuosi finds Burton and noted jazz pianist Makoto Ozone paying their special tribute to a few classical masters on this mystical evocative project as they perform a set of beautifully-crafted standard.
The Dovells, 'You Can't Sit Down.' You may have noticed that my iPod has, so far, followed a more or less sensible progression, from reggae to late '60s electric blues to mid-60s acoustic folkie blues to 1920s jazzy blues to ragtime to jazz influenced classical music.
Now we have an abrupt shift to. I first heard this song when I was with the Robinson High debate team at a tournament at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Some of my teammates and I were having burgers and milkshakes at the student union cafe, which had a jukebox and dance floor, when the song came on. A couple who looked like they stepped out of a Norman Rockwell illustration of typical American youth-he with a perfectly coiffed ducktail and pegged khakis, she with a tartan skirt and saddle Oxfords with bobby sox-took the floor and danced very energetically, twirling vigorously, and he once lifting her by the waist and swinging her overhead. This song is notable for its perhaps earliest uses of 'hippie' and 'hip hop' in american pop culture parlance. I was born on March 19, 1946 in a city renowned in Vaudeville humor, Altoona Pennsylvania.
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My dad was in the military, so we moved many times in my childhood. We lived in rural England from the time I was five until eight, and I began my formal education in a county council school, where my being American is likely all that saved me from having my bottom caned. I graduated from the University of South Florida (1967) and Harvard Law School (1970). Since then, apart from two years' active Army duty, I have lived in New York City. In 1991 I married Martha Foley, an archivist.
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Our daughter, Elizabeth Cordelia Scales, was born in 1993 and now lives in Philadelphia.