The small Centaur label, with headquarters in Baton Rouge, LA, often offers recordings that show something of what's happening in classical music between the American coasts. This disc by Louisiana pianist Willis Delony furnishes a good example. The study of jazz has been thoroughly institutionalized in American music schools, and a substantial body of music now reflects a cross-pollination between jazz and the concert music tradition that surrounds it. Delony, a professor at Louisiana State University, performs a selection ...
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The small Centaur label, with headquarters in Baton Rouge, LA, often offers recordings that show something of what's happening in classical music between the American coasts. This disc by Louisiana pianist Willis Delony furnishes a good example. The study of jazz has been thoroughly institutionalized in American music schools, and a substantial body of music now reflects a cross-pollination between jazz and the concert music tradition that surrounds it. Delony, a professor at Louisiana State University, performs a selection of jazz/classical fusions that vary in their approaches, both pleasing the casual listener and rewarding close hearings. The two preludes of Bill Dobbins have the elevated mood of Chopin's preludes, but overflow with jazz details such as improvised passages and the construction of the E flat major Prelude (track 1) on the harmonic pattern of Pennies from Heaven. Perhaps the most fun comes from the Jazz Dance Suite (1989) of David Baker, which draws heavily on classic jazz styles but...
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Bill Dobbins; David Baker; John Lewis; Joseph Makholm. New. New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA. US orders only please.
Add this copy of Double Dance: Classical & Jazz Connections II to cart. $27.06, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Centaur.
