Dave Brubeck Quartet - Live at Midem 1983Recorded live January 28th, 1983 at the Palais Des Festivals, Cannes, during the MIDEM Jaz Gala Brubeck invites jazz and blues legends B. B. King (guitar), Jimmy Heath (saxophone), Pat Metheny (guitar) and many more to showcase an array of classic compositions including 'Lover Man', 'Take Five' and 'Big Bad Basie'.

This interesting experiment combines classical music from the Baroque era with modern improvisation

by composers from three of the countries involved in it: France

Donald Shaw (Capercaillie) produced the album which was recorded in Louisiana and Scotland and features special guests Rhiannon Giddens

Japanese Breakfast

Featured musicians include Heinz Holliger (oboe)

"White Nights": A defector (Mikhail Baryshnikov) and an expatriate American dancer (Gregory Hines) plan to escape from Russia

originally conceived for clarinet (like the two Sonatas op

7 years after their last studio album

the emotional drama of some of Beethoven's best-loved Adagios for the piano

he was indeed caught up in a musical moment that was 'off the wall' - in other words seen as highly unusual

and this set is worthy of high praise in every regard' (MusicWeb International)

the name says it all: "Besser ohne Worte" (Better without words) humorously offers arrangements of lieder and arias