new music GarciaLive Volume 16: November 15th, 1991 Madison Square Garden [3 CD] Jerry Garcia Band Round Records Though just two months removed from the Grateful Dead’s sold-out 9-night residency at the Garden, the crowd’s eruption as the houselights dimmed revealed the immense excitement for Garcia’s return. The buoyant set-opening “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” signaled the feeling was indeed mutual. Love remained a central theme throughout the evening with stunning versions of Smokey Robinson’s “The Way You Do The Things You Do,” Van Morrison’s “He Ain’t Give You None” and “Bright Side of the Road,” and Dylan’s “Simple Twist of Fate,” among others. This performance of The Manhattan’s “Shining Star” is so poignant it became the centerpiece for the 2001 compilation of the same name. A Time for Love: The Oscar Peterson Quartet Live in Helsinki, 1987 Mack Avenue Records The final gig of a long international tour that began with four concerts in Brazil, this date was the 14th of a European tour that took the quartet all over Europe and Scandinavia. Anyone with any knowledge of jazz knows that the magic of consistent performing only makes the synergy and empathy of an ensemble— both substances this quartet has in mind-blowing quantity—better and better. That always dwarfs the fatigue factor, and sometimes results in magic on a different plane. That’s clearly what happened during this spectacular concert. Delta Kream The Black Keys Nonesuch The Black Keys release their tenth studio album, DeltaKream, via Nonesuch Records. The record celebrates the band’s roots, featuring eleven Mississippi hill country blues standards that they have loved since they were teenagers, before they were a band, including songs by R. L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough, among others. Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney recorded Delta Kream at Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville; they were joined by musicians Kenny Brown and Eric Deaton, long-time members of the bands of 8
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blues legends including R. L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough. The album takes its name from William Eggleston’s iconic Mississippi photograph that is on its cover. Hope Amid Tears - Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax Sony Classical Hope Amid Tears presents Beethoven’s five sonatas for cello and piano in the order in which they were composed, tracing an important arc in Beethoven’s development and approach as a composer. Joining them are Beethoven’s three sets of variations for cello and piano. “In this period of world-wide unease, grief, and suffering, it is perhaps fitting that we are also celebrating the 250th birthday of the composer who represents what is best in our humanity,” says Ax. Ma and Ax have made music together for more than 40 years, recording dozens of albums, earning five Grammy Awards, and performing on stages all over the world. Their friendship is not only rooted in a deep love of music, but also a shared sense of humor and keen perspectives on life’s joys and challenges. Hope Amid Tears is their second recording of the complete Beethoven cello sonatas, after a 1987 effort that earned the duo their second Grammy. Love For Sale Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga Interscope Celebrating ten years since they first recorded together, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga return for another collaboration featuring the best of the Cole Porter Songbook. This album captures the creative and personal relationship of these two world-famous artists. Tony, who turned 95 on August 3, has spent over seven decades dedicated to performing the Great American Songbook. Both artists are accompanied by the Brian Newman Quintet with arrangements by Marion Evans & Jorge Callandrelli. The Complete Live At The Lighthouse Lee Morgan Blue Note This expansive collection presents for the very first time all 12 sets of music the legendary trumpeter’s quintet with saxophonist Bennie Maupin, pianist Harold Mabern, bassist Jymie Merritt, and drummer Mickey Roker recorded during their historic engagement at The Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, California from July
10-12, 1970. Originally released 50 years ago in 1971 as a 2-LP set, and later expanded to a 3-CD set in 1996, this definitive edition of Morgan’s only live album produced by Zev Feldman and David Weiss encompasses 33 performances, including more than four hours of previously unreleased music that lets the listener relive the experience of being in the club for every exhilarating moment. Cello Unlimited Kian Soltani Deutsche Grammophon Kian Soltani has always been a big fan of movies, now he takes this passion one step further and creates an unprecedented album with his own arrangements of great blockbuster hits. Cello Unlimited is a collection of the most iconic movie soundtracks from the last 20 years, played on Kian’s cello and his cello only. Including music by Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore, John Powell, Schnittke and more, all tracks are specially arranged for the cello and every voice is played by Kian himself. En attendant Marcin Wasilewski Trio ECM “There’s a galaxy of piano trios in today’s jazz universe,” the BBC Music Magazine has noted, “but few shine as bright as Marcin Wasilewski’s.” On its seventh ECM album the multifaceted Polish group illuminates a characteristically wide span of music. On En attendant, collectively created pieces are juxtaposed with Wasilewski’s malleable “Glimmer of Hope,” Carla Bley’s timeless “Vashkar,” The Doors’ hypnotic “Riders On The Storm,” and a selection from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Fluidity is the hallmark, allied to the deep listening made possible by more than a quarter-century of collaborative music-making by pianist Wasilewski, bassist Kurkiewicz and drummer Miskiewicz. En attendant was recorded in the South of France in August 2019, and produced by Manfred Eicher.
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