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Duke Ellington: Mainly Black; Harlem; Sophisticated Lady; Etc.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-22

Works: Duke Ellington: Black, Brown and Beige Suite; Sophisticated Lady, song; Harlem; Isfahan, song; Billy Strayhorn: Take the A Train
Performers: Allen, Geri; Barclay, John; Carter, Regina [Violin]; Dankworth, Alec; Gardner, Simon; Goodchild, Mark; Horne, Lena; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Lovano, Joe; Nash, Lewis [Drums]; Redman, Joshua; Terry, C...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir

Roots - My Life, My Song

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-06-15

Works: Traditional: African Drum Invocation; His eye is on the sparrow, song; Pretty Horses, song; God's Gonna Cut You Down, song; Anonymous: I Want Two Wings; Traditional Spiritual: I Couldn't Hear Nobody ...
Performers: Coleman, Ira; Johns, Steve [Drummer]; Lovatt, Mike; Markham, Mark; Martin Williams [Sax/Clarinet]; Norman, Jessye

Recording information: Philharmonie Berlin.

A sticker included on at least some versions of this Sony Classical release promises "music from Berlioz to Ellington," which would make it a pretty ...continue...

Mozart's Blue Dreams and Other Crossover Fantasies

1 CD / Summit Records / 2009-05-12

Works: Hector Martignon / Joe Burgstaller: Mozart's Blue Dreams, for jazz ensemble (based on Mozart's Piano Sonata no 11 in A major (Alla Turc; Hector Martignon: Chopin Meets Jobim; Duke Ellington: Echoes o...
Performers: Burgstaller Martignon 4; Burgstaller, Joe; Ferrari, John; Glawischnig, Hans; Martignon, Hector
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Ensemble: Burgstaller Martignon 4

Incredibly played, fun outing led by trumpet player Joe Burgstaller (Canadian Brass) and the exceptional piano wizardy of Grammy and Oscar-nominated Hector Martignon. A fabulous...continue...
: Joe Burgstaller (piccolo, trumpet, piccolo trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn); Hector Martignon (piano); John Ferrari (vibraphone, marimba, drums); Hans Glawischnig (acoustic bass).

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Americana - Adams, Bernstein, Ellington, et al / Rattle

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2004-03-09

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Story of my life; Prelude, Fugue and Riffs; George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Porgy and Bess; Felix Bernard: The Dardanella Blues, song; Walter Donaldson: Makin' Whoopee; Lindsay ...
Performers: Allen, Geri; Blackwell, Harolyn [Soprano Vocals]; Carter, Regina [Violin]; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City Of Caterpillar; Collins, Michael [Conductor/Clarinet]; Donohoe, Peter; Evans, Da...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; London Sinfonietta

This new compilation represents over 75 minutes of the very best of Simon Rattle's recordings of American music presented in his unique, exciting and dynamic...continue...
Personnel: Regina Carter (violin); Michael Collins (clarinet); Bobby Ray Watson (alto saxophone); Joe Lovano, Joshua Redman (tenor saxophone); Clark Terry (trumpet); Geri Allen, Peter Donohoe (piano...continue...

Something Borrowed, Something Blue - Music to Marry By

1 CD / Albany Records / 2002-12-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mystical Songs (5); Last Songs (4); Franz Schubert: Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Saint Jo...
Performers: Byars, James; Chung, Saffron Y.; Easton, David; Holt Lauber, Dawn; Johnson, Lisa [flute]; Jolles, Susan; Neal, Michael; Wade, Mark

Round Midnight / Twelve Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2002-08-13

Works: Duke Ellington: Caravan; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Traditional Spiritual: Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen; Deep River; George Gershwin: Oh, Kay!; Preludes (3) for piano; Henry Mancini: P...
Performers: Bronner, Till; Quandt, Ludwig; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Saksala, Janne; Twelve Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic
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Ensemble: 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

Historical instruments utilized by the Twelve Cellists are as follows:

Georg Faust: Giovanni Baptista Grancino, Milan - 1705

Ludwig Quandt: Giovanni Ruggeri, Cremona - late 17th century...continue...

New World A'Comin' - Classical & Jazz Connections / Delony

1 CD / Centaur / 2000-11-01

Works: Dave Brubeck: Blue Rondo a la Turk; Glances; Duke Ellington: New World a-Comin'; Deep South Suite; Fragmented Suite for Piano and Double Bass; Joseph Makholm: Impressions (3)
Performers: Delony, Willis; Grimes, Bill