Anthony Lazaro

A stunning program of works for soloists with wind ensemble is presented in this recording made by the University of Arizona Wind Ensemble. Acclaimed saxophonist Timothy McAllister performs a work by Daniel McCarthy inspired by the funk-horn band, Tower of Power. Brian Luce, a superlative flutist, performs in one of a handful of works written for flute with wind ensemble, while the great Jonathan Haas is joined by timpanist Gary Cook in performing Glass work for 14 timpani with wind ensemble, creating a new sound out of the incredibly large sonorities.

Invisible Men is an album by Anthony Phillips released in March, 1984. It was originally packaged not as a solo album but as a duo project. The other member of the duo was Richard Scott who co-wrote most songs, sang a few of the lead vocals and programmed a drum machine. This album features a political angle due to the 1982 Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom. During the conflict an Exocet missile struck a British warship and killed 20 crew members. Also an Argentine musician friend of Ant's (Quiqué Berro) had to leave the United Kingdom. The track 'Exocet' and 'The Women Were Watching' illustrate Anthony's anger over the conflict and how it affected his friend. more…

Field Day is the first studio album from Anthony Phillips in 5 years in between various series releases of the Archive Collection, library & TV projects and compilations. It is also the sequel to Private Parts & Pieces V: Twelve, in which the acoustic guitar is the sole instrument on the album. The sleeve cover is designed by GR/DD, based in London. As Anthony Phillips explains in the sleeve notes, the album started off as a small project but not only grew in time, it also took a long time to record the album due to other project schedules. more…

Archive Collection Volume I is the first vault release from Anthony Phillips. Compiled by Anthony Phillips and Jonathan Dann it is a 2 CD selection of previously unheard pieces and variations recorded between 1969-1990. It was released on March 30, 1998 on Blueprint Records (UK) and was re-issued in Japan in 2007. These songs are compiled of rare and previously unreleased archive recordings. The song F# was an early 1969 recording that eventually became the famous Genesis song, "The Musical Box. more..

Contemporary music that bridges sacred vocal composition and expressive improvisational gestures: “Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae” by Canadian composer Peter-Anthony Togni (born 1959) is a 55-minute setting of The Old Testament prophet’s lamentations for solo bass clarinet, mixed choir a cappella and solo soprano. The piece was commissioned from the Canada Council for the Arts as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations and was given its premiere by the performers heard on this CD in 2007. Togni’s idea originated in a request from bass clarinet player Jeff Reilly for a concerto in which dramatic narrative events would be enacted through the soloist’s improvisations.

Anthony Braxton - Six Compositions for Quartet - 1984
Avant-garde jazz | 1CD | MP3 320Kbps CBR | 74 MB | Covers
Label: Black Saint

Here is Braxton at 39 at the peak of his intellectual and musical capabilities. Four of the compositions on this record are designed with respect to the challenge (and excitement) of pulse track structural dynamics. Additionally two impressionistic ballade structures are included.