Blowin' The Blues Away is a departure from my past fifteen simply because this is a jazz album designed as such from its inception back in 1964 when Irv Kratka asked the legendary jazz pianist and com...
Ben Webster always had a split musical personality. On uptempo tunes, the great tenor-saxophonist could sound quiteintense, with growls, honks, roars and screams being a natural part of his vocabulary...
The E-flat Beethoven quintet is a wonderful example of Beethoven at his best. Beautiful sonorities in one of the great classics of chamber music. The Andante is especially beautiful, with an almost pe...
Accompaniment: Zinn's Ragtime String Quartet - The Zinn String Quartet accompany you in this great collection of Joplin Ragtime Quartets. Don't miss it!
Performed by various soloists Accompaniment: Rhythm Section Two: Don Abney, piano: Jimmy Raney, guitar: Oscar Pettiford, bass: Kenny Clarke, drums: Rhythm Section Three: Don Abney, piano: Mundell Lowe...
Studio City evolved as a response to the hundreds of requests over the years for MMO Big Band arrangements to play with. This entry features one of the foremost university bands in the nation, the Cal...
This etude book was written with the idiomatic tendencies of the saxophone in mind. The etudes cover the full range of both the tenor and the alto. While some technical challenges are present, these e...
Accompaniment: Weber Concertino: Stuttgart Festival Orchestra/Emil Kahn; Beethoven Trio: Richard Mattson, violoncello; Robert Conway, piano - Carl Maria von Weber, great innovator and orchestrator who...
Accompaniment: Hidemitsu Hayashi, piano - Favorites of clarinetists and pinnacles of the repertoire, these two sonatas are always popular on recital programs everywhere. Hear the piece performed by Am...
Accompaniment: Manhattan String Quartet - Dvorak gave the piano a heavy involvement in this beautiful chamber work. The second movement is patterned after the 'Dumka' dance form. Beautiful melodies, w...