Inspiration 9

For the past few years, Cherry Red imprint Morello Records has been reissuing the Epic Records catalog of county legend Tammy Wynette on a series of twofers (or more). With its latest release, out now, Morello is taking a look at the late 1960s and early 1970s with a 2-CD set featuring the four albums The Ways To Love a Man, Tammy's Touch, My Elusive Dreams and Inspiration.

It is a magical, soul-inspiring authentic musical story about a woman's awakening and actualization. It is a story of You, of the genius within every woman. A woman who has awakened the unique inborn spiritual talents within herself becomes a true Creator Goddess. Such a Goddess Woman creates a harmonious, happy, meaningful life that brings love, peace, health, success, joy and satisfaction to her and those around.
Every song speaks of different talents of a Woman, her given gifts and their manifestation in life, touching just as well upon painful experiences that a Woman unfamiliar with herself goes through. In these songs, a woman's path of evolution is encoded, including even special practices that help open up the feminine nature. Angelic virtuoso vocal and tantric poetry will nourish Your soul with beauty and love…

Duke Ellington is a monolith in the history of jazz. No other musician has created more standarts, was as adventurous and deeply influential. Jazz Inspiration concentrates on brilliant classics such as "Caravan", "Satin Doll", and the gorgeous "Black and Tan Fantasy", and reminds us of the encounter with Louis Armstrong ("Mood Indigo") as well as of the legendary trio-album "Money Jungle", which he recorded in the year 1962 with Max Roach and Crarles Mingus.

The music on this album, sunny in mood and mostly in major keys, does not sound fiery and sublime to the modern listener. But the intent of the historical-performance group La Ricordanza is to put the listener into the frame of mind in which the courtiers of Frederick the Great of Prussia would have heard this music in the middle of the 18th century. In this the group succeeds, even if "the sources of Quantz's inspiration" as a subtitle makes the disc sound as though it's of exclusively academic interest.