Modern Windows Suite
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Kenny Barron, the piano wizard, accomplished accompanist, and inventive composer, is a well-known jazz figure. His older brother, tenor saxophonist and educator Bill Barron (1922-1989), was an equally gifted artist who influenced his younger sibling, as these impressive 1961 tracks show. The elder Barron echoed the '60s avant-garde style of fellow Philadelphian John Coltrane, and Barron's genius lay in brilliantly balancing individualism and inspiration. His "Men at Work Suite," with a sextet featuring his younger brother, trumpeter Ted Curson, and underrated drummer Pete LaRoca Sims, abounds with references to George Russell, Thelonious Monk, and Charles Mingus on the Lydian-tinged "Tone Colors," the moody colors of "Dedicated to Wanda," and the call-and-response interaction on "Keystone." With Coltrane bassist Jimmy Garrison and Monk drummer Frank Dunlop, Barron unpacks the frenetic and bluesy "Blast Off," the evocative Sun Ra-like harmonic shadings of "Ode to an Earth Girl," and the intricate Mingus-like musings of "Nebulae." From the time of these recordings to his death, Bill Barron never stopped exploring, educating, and inspiring. --Eugene Holley Jr.
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Disappointing presentation of great music.......2002-08-04
Maazel's Pictures at an Exhibition is excellnt, precise with excellent blends and fantastic orchestral playing, but you can hardly feel the power of the Great Gate of Kiev without the promenades and pictures that preceed it--you loose the whole sense of climax and fulfillment following the half hour of difficult music that preceeds the Great Gate. Beethoven's Emperor concerto is top-notch music but I think you might rather hear the second movement between the first and third movements which are full of powerful orchestral playing and keyboard virtuosity. Robert Spano's recording of Scheherazade that was released just a few months ago is brilliant. It's his first recording with the Atlanta Symphony and it's great--and you should own the complete thing which comes on a CD with the beuatiful Russian Easter Overture.
Spend some time looking for these complete recordings and you will be rewarded. What makes the compilation even worse is that in many cases the CD does not even present a full movement but just a part of a movement.
As I said, I own many of these individual recordings and they are all great: Telarc captures the best musicians at their best. Having two or three CDs from which these excerpts were taken is much better than owning this compilation. I highly recommend Fennell's Holst (Telarc - #80038), Maazel's Pictures (Telarc - #80042), and Spano's Scheherazade (Telarc - #80568), instead of this disc. Rachmaninoff's Second Sonata and Sibelius' Second Symphony are great but these are not my preferred recordings (find Van Cliburn's Rachmaninoff and Maazel's Sibelius), and you can do better by swapping some other performers as well.
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Bill Barron Manufacturer: Savoy Jazz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General
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ASIN: B00004R8RZ Release Date: 2000-03-14 |
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Kenny Barron, the piano wizard, accomplished accompanist, and inventive composer, is a well-known jazz figure. His older brother, tenor saxophonist and educator Bill Barron (1922-1989), was an equally gifted artist who influenced his younger sibling, as these impressive 1961 tracks show. The elder Barron echoed the '60s avant-garde style of fellow Philadelphian John Coltrane, and Barron's genius lay in brilliantly balancing individualism and inspiration. His "Men at Work Suite," with a sextet featuring his younger brother, trumpeter Ted Curson, and underrated drummer Pete LaRoca Sims, abounds with references to George Russell, Thelonious Monk, and Charles Mingus on the Lydian-tinged "Tone Colors," the moody colors of "Dedicated to Wanda," and the call-and-response interaction on "Keystone." With Coltrane bassist Jimmy Garrison and Monk drummer Frank Dunlop, Barron unpacks the frenetic and bluesy "Blast Off," the evocative Sun Ra-like harmonic shadings of "Ode to an Earth Girl," and the intricate Mingus-like musings of "Nebulae." From the time of these recordings to his death, Bill Barron never stopped exploring, educating, and inspiring. --Eugene Holley Jr.Jazz Music: