Fanous/ Fanous/ Uitti - NegoumThe music on this album was recorded in the studio the day after Uitti and Fanous spent 10 minutes improvising together in concert, in a first meeting. It represents bidirectional ideas in music often and erroneously thought to be opposites: western vs. Eastern, improvised vs. #through composed. In this recording they are stood on their head, examined, dissected, tortured, and ultimately reconciled. Fanous says:"Musically, Frances and I came from two

While the album is infused with the free spirit of jazz exploration

Victor takes the spotlight on "Peace" as she voices poignant poetry from Langston Hughes

The CD includes two bonus tracks

where and when it was written

Francis Poulenc is not an easy composer to relate to

Leroy Anderson was an American composer and conductor of light orchestral music

musical magic in the making

" and "A Letter to Elise

Glenn recorded his first record with his first group

Sf9 - Rumination (incl

the Japanese-born Viennese musician Tomoko Mayeda also learned to play the piano from the age of four

Michael Gordon