2010-09-13
For this release, Claudia Quintet leader/composer, John Hollenbeck, began by collecting song titles. He then wrote music inspired by these words and phrases with no thought as to their meaning, thus removing any context from them. The result is almost free jazz; but this is actually melodic and often quiet. The most interesting songs here are "Keramag" and "Armitage Shanks", which are both mid-tempo with tight arrangements. Rebecca RuthBRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA
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Mamutrio
Primal Existence
Geoff Muldaur's Futuristic Ensemble
Private Astronomy - A Vision of the Music of Bix Beiderbecke
MADEiLINE PEYROUX
Half the Perfect World
NEW ORLEANS SUSPECTS
OUROBOROS
DIANA KRALL
From This Moment On
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