Opus 5 - Swing On ThisWith Swing On This, the all star quintet Opus 5 presents it's fifth Criss Cross album, and first since 2015, when Criss Cross released Tickle [Criss 1383), which itself was preceded in backwards chronology by Progression [Criss 1369], Pentasonic [Criss 1351], and Introducing Opus 5 [Criss 1339], each recorded a year apart. The "all star" sobriquet is not an exaggeration the collective discographies of trumpeter Alex Sipiagin, tenor saxophonist Seamus

The reception began with it's successful premiere of a symphony of three orchestral parts from the opera

The final touch was to bring aboard some singers I have loved over the years

Drakus literally exploded from his first album Hommage A Zanzibar (1989)

Isabelle has participated in a number of theater performances in her native city (with the companies Theaterkollektiv Dokumentartheater Berlin

funky workouts and pleading slow blues

The recording features 3 originals by McPherson as well as two originals from Oxman and one from pianist Chip Stephens

No sooner said than done

the International Tchaikovsky Competition held in Moscow

as the company acknowledged receipt of Raff's corrections of the proof

he met eminent organ virtuosos who introduced him to the multi-faceted instrument

faultless technique

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