Inside (2005)

Aldo Romano - To Be Ornette to Be (1989) {Owl Records 9824601 rel 2005}
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© 1989, 2005 Owl Records / EmArcy / Universal | OWL 057 / 982 460 1
Jazz / Post Bop / Contemporary Jazz / Drums

When Italian drummer Aldo Romano recorded this Ornette Coleman tribute for Owl Records (a French label) in 1989, Coleman had been recording for more than 30 years – and there were still plenty of people who had difficulty comprehending the alto saxman's innovative free jazz. But Romano not only comprehended it – he had a very deep appreciation of it. In the liner notes that he wrote for To Be Ornette to Be, Romano exalts Coleman as "one of the key voices in Afro-American music" and asserts that if Coleman had been Italian, he would have composed La Traviata. Some bop snobs would be horrified that Romano would compare Coleman's work to La Traviata, but Romano does, in fact, know what he's talking about when he praises Coleman's genius.

This live DVD was filmed in March 2004 and captures Snowy and his band The White Flames in trememdous form. Included are original songs and covers. A bonus audio CD is included.Widely considered one of the U.K.'s top blues-rock guitarists, Snowy White flexed his formidable chops on recordings by Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, and Peter Green before embarking on his own critically lauded solo career. This 2004 concert captures Snowy and his backup band, the White Flames, performing live renditions of original material like "No Stranger to the Blues," "What I'm Searching For," and "A Piece of Your Love," as well as impeccable covers of Peter Green's "Black Magic Woman" and Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing."– by cdUniverse

Director Tim Burton brings his unique vision and sensibility to Roald Dahl's classic children's story in this lavish screen interpretation. Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) is the secretive and wildly imaginative man behind the world's most celebrated candy company, and while the Wonka factory is famously closed to visitors, the reclusive candy man decides to give five lucky children a chance to see the inside of his operation by placing "golden tickets" in five randomly selected chocolate bars. Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore), whose poor but loving family lives literally in the shadow of the Wonka factory, is lucky enough to obtain one of the tickets, and Charlie, escorted by his Grandpa Joe (David Kelly), is in for the ride of a lifetime as he tours the strange and remarkable world of Wonka with fellow winners, media-obsessed Mike Teavee (Jordan Fry), harsh and greedy Veruca Salt (Julia Winter), gluttonous Augustus Gloop (Philip Wiegratz), and ultra-competitive Violet Beauregarde (Annasophia Robb). Over the course of the day, some of the children will learn difficult lessons about themselves, and one will go on to become Wonka's new right hand.

Kyle Gann - Long Night - Sarah Cahill (2005) {Cold Blue Music CB0019}
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© 2005 Cold Blue Music | CB0019
Classical / Modern Classical / Totalism / Post Minimalism / Avant-Garde / Piano

Long Night is an exquisitely drifting, ever-unfolding work for three pianos, all of which are played by noted new music pianist Sarah Cahill. Kyle Gann is a highly regarded composer, author, and award-winning critic (prolifically penning over 2,000 articles for 40 publications) who has written about new music for the Village Voice since 1986. His own music, informed by the American experimental tradition, is complex, unusual, beautiful, and moving. "Kyle Gann is a force of nature…a commanding presence in the landscape of American music."

This is the definitive review of the music of Creedence Clearwater Revival. Featuring an in-depth retrospective with bassist Stu Cook who revisits every Clearwater album to reassess the music and its impact. This powerful film draws extensively on rare concert footage and television performances from the archives, making this the most comprehensive ever review of the work of an American legend. Features Proud Mary, Down on the Corner, Bad Moon Rising, Fortunate Son, Suzi Q, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, The Midnight Special and many more.