Joshua Breakstone - MemoireRecorded in August of 2004, "Memoire" is the second of two CDs recorded in France by guitarist Joshua Breakstone alongside two of the most formidable French musicians of today. Bassist Louis Petrucciani is equally stunning here as on the first of the two French sessions, "A Jamais" (CAP #74065), and they are aided and abetted this time out by the riveting drum work of Christian Ton Ton Salut. The program is divided between four classic French songs

I represent the fifth generation of pianists

Each of the Magnificats takes it's tonal base - the equivalent of it's key signature - from a different musical mode

An avantgarde ballet commissioned by Serge Diaghilev

That dream is shattered when threats from the legendary Jomsvikings put him in the path of a band of Viking mercenaries

transitioned

The Onslaught is an up-to-date

(Each sold separately)For over 40 years now the legendary M

leading inevitably to a recording contract

for some reason I get carried away by the illusion that I can see their sound

pianist Herbie Hancock

Acrobat has devoted a number of collections over the years to anthologies of the biggest hits in different years and decades across different genres

including transcriptions for chamber ensemble of large-scale works