Stephens Quintet/ Dayna Sextet - ReminiscentFor his third Criss Cross release, following Today is Tomorrow (CRC 1345) and I'll Take My Chances (CRC 1361) tenor saxophonist Dayna Stephens presents a fresh take on the 'saxophone battle' genre in partnership with rising star Walter Smith III, himself the leader of the critically acclaimed III (CRC 1328). Complemented by a state of the art rhythm section of A list 30 something's (Aaron Parks, piano; Mike Moreno, guitar; Harish Raghavan; and Rodney

while Otomo himself takes the director's chair in the multi-award-winning saga of love

In 2011 the group inked a deal with Sire/Warner Bros

Hewat-Craw: "I don't think there is a more iconic song cycle than Winterreise

is the other work in the programme

The opening movement of No

Charles Brown) and Gare (King Biscuit & The Pleasure Boys

sung by the soprano Anja Silja

I found a facsimile of Southern Harmony

The Soul Stirrers)

Richard Hickox - Symphony No

The bulk of the album was produced and recorded by Grammy Award-winning producer and multi-instrumentalist Mike Elizondo (Eminem

but by and large the collection focuses on the 20th century