With Oscar Petersons passing almost 2 years ago we lost one of the two remaining Jazz Piano Giants whose careers went back to the late 1940's (the other is Dave Brubeck). Peterson was a
giant in every sense. 250lbs in weight and over 6ft tall but luckily for us a giant of Jazz Piano as well.
This recording is also part of a four disc set and contains at the moment the last available recordings before he had a stroke and lost most of the use of his left hand for the rest of his
career. So here he still in near peak form. Herb Ellis is on guitar, Ray Brown is on bass and Bobby Durham is on drums.
Evidence of Petersons great talent can found throughout the album. I'd give special mention to "Yours is my Heart alone", which was always a showstopper. "Wheatland" is a beautiful tune and one of his best compositions. Peterson wrote a lot more quality music than he is ever given credit for. "Blues Etude" is Oscars encore to end all encores. As always taken at a furious tempo, and incorporating elements of fast be-bop, blues, boogie-woogie, stride Piano and a lot more besides. This track makes you realise what a devastating blow it must have been when he lost the use of his left-hand. I imagine this is the kind of encore Oscar Peterson played in his younger days in case there were any pianists out there who thought they were going to follow him!

On January 8th 1970, in a car accident a few kilometers outside Athens, the contemporary music world lost one of its most exciting and provocative talents. Although Jani Christou was only 44 when he died, he was regarded by many as one of the leading composers of his generation. He was controversial, highly talented, and greatly admired both in his own country and abroad. And yet although his name remains respected in contemporary music circles to this day, performances of his music are extremely rare.

Hoping that "Old Fiends" had the rockability of Ted Nugent's "Good Friends and a Bottle of Wine", I went out on a limb and purchased it. I must say that Mundell Lowe could out play Ted N. on his worst day. The passion and fire of every note brought tears to my eyes. Never before have I heard three men play with such great rhythm, grace, and grandeur. Previn was remarkable as usual. Ray Brown brought the hammer down. I have to admit that the star was Mundell Lowe. Without him, there would be no friends.

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This old Telarc sampler from 1991 contains 15 excerpts from Telarc's CD catalog, and even nowadays is a joy to listen to. All tracks are classical music except track 8, which is jazz.

Many fine releases of early music have come from Eastern Europe in recent years, but few could be called state-of-the-art. This one merits the designation. It covers a style epoch that has been undergoing intensive exploration: the flashy, daring chamber music of the middle German Baroque. A primary influence here is Heinrich Biber, better known for his violin music but audible in spirit here. […]

Another classic by the Swedish death-metallers Necrophobic.

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