Wood Works

GRAMMY WINNER, 59TH AWARDS: Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance. Third Coast Percussion has been saluted by the Washington Post for its virtuosity and precisely timed wit, and was called by the New York Times a commandingly elegant ensemble. The group, which is ensemble-in-residence at the University of Notre Dame, teaches and performs a concert series in Chicago, and has commissioned dozens of new works. This album is the ensembles Cedille label debut, and is an 80th birthday acknowledgement to American composer Steve Reich, the founding father of musical minimalism. This recording features four of Reichs most notable percussion works.

A captivating new album from the extraordinary talents of Edward Cowie, a true master of multiple disciplines. This remarkable polymath, renowned as a composer, visual artist, and natural scientist, has gifted us his exhilarating third epic cycle of ‘bird portraits’ – a thrilling 24-movement composition for clarinet(s) and piano.

“Contemporary music is a central component of conservatory training today and is practiced at the University of the Arts Bern at the highest level, as this recording attests. When they were written (between 1983 and 1995), the three pieces on this album by John Cage, James Wood and Brian Ferneyhough would have been neither technically nor logistically possible to play at a music conservatory.

Ronnie Wood and the Ronnie Wood Band return to the blues with the second part of the live album trilogy "Mr Luck-A Tribute to Jimmy Reed: Live at the Royal Albert Hall".

This comprehensive set includes Mother Love Bone's seminal grunge album "Apple" and debut EP "Shine", both remastered for the first time by Ed Brooks at RFI Mastering, together with over 20 rarities. Among the B-sides, alternative and live versions and unreleased songs are Andrew Wood's demo of Chloe Dancer and a live recording of 'Stardog Champion' featuring Chris Cornell and Pearl Jam.

This comprehensive set includes Mother Love Bone's seminal grunge album "Apple" and debut EP "Shine", both remastered for the first time by Ed Brooks at RFI Mastering, together with over 20 rarities. Among the B-sides, alternative and live versions and unreleased songs are Andrew Wood's demo of Chloe Dancer and a live recording of 'Stardog Champion' featuring Chris Cornell and Pearl Jam.