Lewis, John

Great Motion Picture Themes

1 CD / Sepia Records / 2012-03-13

Works: Ernest Gold: Exodus; On the Beach, film theme; Manos Hadjidakis: Never on Sunday, song; Elmer Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven; God's Little Acre; Dimitri Tiomkin: Green Leaves of Summer; The Need fo...
Performers: Armstrong, Louis; Caiola, Al; Manne, Shelly; Monroe, Marilyn; Mulligan, Gerry
Conductors: ; Costa, Don; Perito, Nick; Newman, Alfred; Moross, Jerome; Powell, Mitchell; Buttolph, David; Nascimbene, Mario; North, Alex; Malneck, Matty; Bernstein, Elmer; Previn, Andre; Potts, Bill
Ensemble: ; Ferrante & Teicher; The Modern Jazz Quartet

The Peasant Girl / Viktoria Mullova, violin

2 CD / Onyx Classics / 2011-08-09

Works: DuOud: For Nedim (For Nadia); John Lewis: Django, for 2 pianos; Florian Hermann: Dark Eyes (Ochi chyornye), song; Bratsch: Er Nemo Klantz; Bi Lovengo; Joe Zawinul: The Peasant; The Pursuit of the Wom...
Performers: Mullova, Viktoria
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Ensemble: Matthew Barley Ensemble

"The programme, which initially looked bitty, adds up to a coherent sequence...All of the performance have energy and imagination, and even though Kodaly's Duo, passionately...continue...
Recording information: No. 2 Studio, Abbey Road, London.

The "peasant girl" of this novel album's title is Viktoria Mullova herself, whose ancestors of two generations ago, the booklet notes, w...continue...

Meeting of the Spirits /

1 CD / Oxingale Productions / 2010-11-09

Works: John McLaughlin: Open Country Joy; Meeting of the Spirits; Miles Davis: Half Nelson; Ornette Coleman: W.R.U.; John Lewis: Blues In A Minor; Billy Strayhorn: Blood Count, for jazz ensemble; David Sanf...
Performers: Haimovitz, Matt; Jarczyk, Amaryllis; Jarczyk, Jan; Kim, Nahyun; McLaughlin, John; Painchaud, Dominic; Rutt, Leana; Stewart, Andrea; Uccello; Wilson, Matt [Drums]
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Ensemble: Uccello

"That the classical music world should visit jazz repertory is not without precedent. As the saying goes, there's nothing new under the sun. However, the...continue...
Personnel: Matt Haimovitz (cello).

Recording information: Stadium Red, New York City (07/18/2010); The Multi-Media Room, Schulich School Of Music, McGill (07/18/2010); Stadium Red, New York Cit...continue...

Double Dance - Classical & Jazz Connections 2 - Dobbins, Baker, Lewis, Makholm / Delony

1 CD / Centaur / 2008-04-04

Works: Bill Dobbins: Prelude VII in E flat major; Prelude III in F major; David Baker: Jazz Dance Suite, for piano; Joseph Makholm: Three Reflections, for piano; John Lewis: Odds Against Tomorrow; Afternoon...
Performers: Delony, Willis

Delony has won national and international acclaim as a jazz and classical pianist, conductor, chamber player, commercial composer, and arranger. His concert explorations of the...continue...