Kurt Vonegut

This album, originally released on Verve Forecast in 2009, is a collection of new songs related to summer and it's influence on Kurt Maloo's songwriting. A fresh combination of jazzy melodies and light grooves, that carry his distinctive, soothing voice. Kurt Maloo is a former painter who made his first musical appearances in the mid 70s with “Troppo”; a nine-piece experimental art-punk band, of which he was a founding member. After his first solo single “Giant Lady” and the innovative EP “Luna, Luna & The Notorious Maloo Home Works“ he joined forces with Felix Haug (later 50% of Double), and formed with the addition of a bass player a trio called “PingPong”. During the 1981-1982 period they played at several European festivals and released their sole album “From Exile.”

Tomoko Sakurai & Kurt Masur - Tomoko Sakurai & Kurt Masur
Orchester der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 263 MB | Full Artwork: 57 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Unisono # G 89718 | Country/Year: Germany 1993
Genre: Classical | Style: Viennese School, Romantic, Early 20th Century, Contemporary

Kurt Masur is a retired German conductor, particularly noted for his interpretation of German Romantic music. (…) He and his third wife, Tomoko Sakurai, have a son, Ken-David, a classical singer and conductor. Masur conducted the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra for three years ending in 1958 and again from 1967 to 1972. He also worked with the Komische Oper of East Berlin. In 1970, he became Kapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, serving in that post until 1996…