This album is the culmination of 3 years worth of collaboration with Narada Michael Walden. Angela insisted and recommended working with him after she signed a deal with Arista. She had known him prior to her recording career and in fact helped pave the way for him to become an 80's super producer. While their collaborations never made huge hits, the results, in my humble opinion, were fruitful and give way to a classic period in her career.
Canadian songstress Joni Mitchell never really considered herself a folkie. While adding jazz textures to her literate lyrics in the mid-'70s may have confused her fans and infuriated jazz purists, to her it was as natural as rain. On DON JUAN'S RECKLESS DAUGHTER, she collaborated with the cream of the '70s jazz crop including Wayne Shorter, Don Alias, Airto, Larry Carlton and a young bassist by the name of Jaco Pastorius.
There is only one word that can describe Narciso Yepes' technique: extraordinary. He was one of the finest virtuoso classical guitarists of the 20th century and his DG albums are regarded as reference recordings. This 5 CD Original Jackets collection brings together all of his concerto recordings for the Yellow Label, recorded between 1969 and 1979. The repertoire ranges from Vivaldi’s Lute Concertos adapted for guitar, to works written for Yepes and other leading guitarists of the 20th century.
Gisèle Halimi : Soixante-dix ans de combats, d’engagement au service de la justice et de la cause des femmes. Et la volonté, aujourd’hui, de transmettre ce qui a construit cet activisme indéfectible, afin de dire aux nouvelles générations que l’injustice demeure, qu’elle est plus que jamais intolérable. Gisèle Halimi revient avec son amie, Annick Cojean, qui partage ses convictions féministes, sur certains épisodes marquants de son parcours rebelle pour retracer ce qui a fait un destin. …
Many of Airto Moreira's records from the late 1970s and early '80s get an undeserved bad rap because of their obvious – and intended – commercial appeal. Though he came to prominence in America as a member of Miles Davis' early electric bands, Moreira was an established artist in Brazil; one who sought to marry the sounds of his nation's folk traditions with all kinds of popular music. 1979's Touching You…Touching Me was recorded during his Warner period, and is perhaps his most polished record. Self-produced, he learned much of the technique he employed from the best-selling recordings of the time in all pop genres.