Tower/ Lin/ Nashville Symphony/ Guerrero - Stroke Violin Concerto Chamber DancesJoan Tower creates music which is bold, colorful and communicative, her list of commissions and awards providing ample evidence of her ability to engage performers and audiences alike. Emotional intensity characterizes Stroke, which vividly conveys a stroke victim's dramatic turmoil while also offering a vision of hope. The Violin Concerto, selected for the final round of the Pulitzer Prize in Music, is both a virtuoso showcase and a lyrical vehicle

In modern times

That's been true in everything he's done

compulsion and untamed sexuality

and the truths about ourselves we'd rather not see

This is a record of strength

and action to each of his roles

At a time when jazz aficionados around the world have been starved for musical experiences

and bassist Eric Revis) Ralph Peterson offers his most mature and accomplished album yet

the turbulent internal world of human emotions and the majestic awe-inspiring natural world and cosmos both of which cannily respond to the romantic situations and passionate feelings of the singer

In the fourth entry in the popular series

Equally at home at the piano as the harpsichord he has an instinctive feeling for the possibilities

while Lou Dinning run of bad luck last 31 days and he has a Blue December