Benny Goodman - Quintessence-New York Los Angeles Stockholm 1935-1(2 CD Set) "For all that Benny did for music, for jazz, for musicians and for me, I for one doff my cap in a salute of sincere appreciation" Gene Krupa. CD1 features Benny Goodman and his Orchestra, recorded between 1935 1954, while CD2 features his trio, quartet, quintet and sextet recorded between 1935 1950. Track listing: King Porter Stomp, Sometimes I'm Happy, Goodbye, Let's Dance Big John Special, St Louis Blues, Roll' Em, Don't Be That Way, Sing

Western Swing

Evan calls the piece "an attempt at ancestor worship

" and "When the Saints Go Marching In

Look for the Silver Lining

Now the venerated drummer/percussionist/vibraphonist/composer returns with Samba de Maracatu

more satisfying

they have been the orchestra for all Berliners

regenerating and annihilating

This programme of previously unrecorded works illustrates a highly distinctive aspect of Nikos Skalkottas as a composer: The 'neoclassical' Skalkottas goes hand in hand with the 'national' and the 'modernist' composer

Irida's brief and compact output-seven non-sequentially numbered LPs released in unknown quantities-shared work by artists whose practices often challenged the limitations of vinyl recording

accompanied by a string of experimental videos

he was laureate of the International Competition of the City of Vienna and in 1968