Ensemble Romances Sans Paroles Maerten - Ariettes Oubliees'You have understood nothing of my simplicity', wrote Paul Verlaine in Child Wife. And that is precisely what Julien Joubert's music seems to whisper to us with each note. The composer and pianist works regularly with the Matrise de Radio France, which has premiered many of his works. Here he has set two cycles by the great nineteenth century poet to music for this recording (Ariettes oublies and Aquarelles, for mixed choir). An ambitious program, yet

and I even sung some of them (as in "Showdown" and "Bluebird Is Dead")

the master bassist of Van Morrison's Astral weeks fame (not to mention a jazz musician in his own right)

sourcing what was actually played in Brooklyn discos in 1974 and 1975

Afer a series of highly sought-afer 7" singles

A funny thing happened to Kumi when she moved to Kyoto to take over her grandmother's sweet shop

but Sonora and her trigger happy friends are seriously into it

It's a fine showcase for an artist who has not generally had the attention which he merits and who was a fine songwriter

1 with "The Twist"

Abra presents 12 songs (which she either wrote or co-wrote) with influences that encompass rock

and features at least one side of a significant proportion of his 100 or so releases from these years

But finally a print of Ed Wood's final 16mm masterpiece surfaced

Thanks to the delicate timbre of the Fender Rhodes