Ulrich Gumpert - La PalomaUlrich Gumpert and Gunter 'Baby' Sommer's second duo release on Intakt Records spans a wide arch of blues, boogie woogie, hard bop, arrangements of German folk songs and free jazz. Sommer's drum fills clearly show why he got his nickname from Louis Armstrong's drummer Baby Dodd's; while a piece like 'Preubbische Elegie' demonstrates what a great composer Gumpert is. Oscar Peterson, Red Garland, Hampton Hawes and Roland Hanna are all on the recording.

I wanted to couple them with Rachmaninoff's 1st Piano Sonata

'This West Indian tragedy has remained the sole dramatic work of a heroic world in pre-Columbian times that

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The liner notes are by Tom Lilley

He appeared in over 100 films and became a TV star on the Roy Rogers Show

principal viola of the Odense Symphony Orchestra

"Sun Goddess" will blow your mind with the sensuous sound of glorious horns and beautiful keys

Given the distance between stars

they are highly contrasted

he managed over 30 more years

The music industry quickly locked the wild teens in the pop cage

Tcherniakov brings the opera into the twentieth century by bringing attention to the "modernity of the subject" and "the deep feelings of the characters