Gunther Schuller Swing Era

Nonesuch Records releases City Noir, comprising the title piece by composer John Adams and the debut recording of his Saxophone Concerto. Both pieces are performed by the St. Louis Symphony led by Music Director David Robertson. Saxophonist Timothy McAllister is featured on both pieces.

Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain (1959) {2CD Set, 50th Anniversary Legacy Edition rel 2009}
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Jazz / Modal Music / Cool / Trumpet

As most readers familiar with Miles Davis' music will know, `Sketches of Spain' recorded in 1959-60 was his third and final collaborative project with orchestral arranger Gil Evans. The original album release, distilled from the recording sessions, explored the musical styles of the Iberian Peninsula and has a distinctive feel quite different from Miles' other work: listeners familiar with classical music who never previously connected with jazz often found SoS to be an accessible gateway to other innovative jazz compositions of the era.

Book of Rhapsodies is the second album from the Ghost Train Orchestra. The album features Carpenter's surreal, modernistic arrangements for choir and orchestra of chamber jazz from the late 1930s. It was recorded by Andy Taub and Danny Blume in 2012 at Brooklyn Recording Studios in Brooklyn, NY and mixed by Danny Blume and Brian Carpenter at Hidden Quarry Studios in Woodstock NY. Release date October 8, 2013.