Prevailing Winds

Track Listings
1. Carl Vine: Sonata "Fast"    
2. Slow    
3. Very Fast    
4. Casella: Sicilienne    
5. Burlesque    
6. Carmargo Guarnieri: Sonatine Allegro    
7. Melancolico    
8. Saltitante    
9. Ronn Yedidia: Arabesque    
10. Lullaby    
11. Roussel: Andante et Scherzo    
12. David Lang: Vent    
13. Kent Kennan: Night Soliloquy    

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
A recital of 20th Century works for flute and piano by University of Minnesota Flute Professor, Immanuel Davis and pianist Stephen Gosling. Many of these works are presented on CD for the first time and others are rarely recorded.

The works on this CD span the entire 20th century and many of its diverse styles. From the Brazilian sounds of Guarnieri and Impressionistic harmonies of Casella to the shimmering sounds of Carl Vine and jazz-influenced Yedidia, there is something here for everyone.

Prevailing Winds, Music, Kent Kennan, David Lang, Albert Roussel, Ronn Yedidia, Carmago Guarnieri, Alfredo Casella, Carl Vine, Piano, Flute, Stephen Gosling, Immanuel Davis, A recital of flute and piano music that covers most of the 20th century, both in time and in varying styles. Sounds from Brazil, France, and America are to be found here. All of the music is totally accessible.
Complicated Optimism: Music of Rodney Rogers
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    Complicated Optimism: Music of Rodney Rogers
    Rogers , Hamilton , Fuller , Jordheim , and Levy
    Manufacturer: Albany Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0000793UN
    Release Date: 2002-11-26
    Convergence Zone
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • One of the Best Big Band Jazz CDs of '03
    Convergence Zone
    Phil Kelly & the NW Prevailing Winds
    Manufacturer: Origin Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0000D8L5E
    Release Date: 2003-11-18

    Tracks:

    1. Damp Brown Places
    2. Cuzn Bubba Luvz Ewe
    3. Subztatoot Shuffle
    4. Sweet Georgia Upside Down
    5. Bella Luce
    6. You And The Night And The Music
    7. Yada Yada
    8. O.T.B.S.
    9. Kathy's Waltz
    10. The Refrigerator

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars One of the Best Big Band Jazz CDs of '03.......2004-01-20

    For years, Phil Kelly has been a jazz educator and somewhat behind-the-scenes composer for film soundtracks. He has also been involved in the jazz world, having played drums for Sy Zentner and contributing charts to the Tonight Show Band and Bill Watrous' Refuge Big Bands. He has a well deserved reputation among musicians as an arranger whose charts they love to play.

    Kelly moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1998 and put together a band consisting of the top musicians in that area. Finally, in August 2003, the NW Prevailing Winds (with guests Pete Christlieb, Gary Smulyan and Andy Martin aboard) recorded "Convergence Zone." Both the band and the performance are outstanding. This is defintely one of the top big band jazz albums of 2003. Certainly, it is one of the best recorded big band jazz albums I have heard in a long time. Many of today's big band recordings have great clarity but lack presence and dynamics. But this recording has plenty of "up-front" presence. The sectional work and the dynamics are captured perfectly. Listen, for example, to the brass swells on the opening "Damp Brown Places" and you will be applauding not only the music but the superb engineering job.

    Among the many strengths of this CD is its variety. Kelly loves to have the band swing and it does so in many grooves here. Listen, for example, to "Damp Brown Places" "Subzatoot Shuffle" "Sweet Georgia Upside Down" (also recorded by Watrous), "You and the Night and the Music", "Yada Yada", and the uptempo Basie-like "OTBS" (featuring a parade of soloists), for an idea of how this band can swing hard in a pure jazz groove. Kelly voices the sax solis in a most interesting way. PK does a beautiful job with the ballads, too. "Bella Luce" is John LaBarbera's moving tribute to Conte Candoli, played in a heartfelt way by trumpeter Jay Thomas. Kathy's Waltz is Kelly's tribute to his late wife, featuring the tender but strong alto of Bill Ramsay. Both these ballads feature some very tasteful string programming. "Cuzn Bubba Luvz Ewe" and "The Refrigerator" are funky, greasy pieces played over rhythms laid down by a crack Nashville rhythm section. The jazz listener should not be put off by these tracks at all, as they are full of jazz content, blues licks, strong solos, and very tight ensemble playing. These latter pieces fit the album perfectly. Kelly's arrangements and compositions are more straightforward than say, Bob Florence's and Maria Schneider's, and thus easier to grasp on first listening. Yet there is plenty of musical meat here which rewards repeated listening.

    The soloists grab the listener's attention, as well. Tenor Christlieb and trumpeter Thomas star all over this album. Smulyan and Martin solo, too, though there is no lack of solo strength among the regular band members. Ramsay and trombonist Dan Marcus are especially outstanding, along with fine solos from pianists John Hansen and Pat Coil(on the funk tracks), trombonist Gary Shutes, saxophonists Travis Ranney and Jim Coile, and trumpeter Vern Seilert. Special mention should be made of drummer Gary Hobbs who anchors the band on the jazz tracks and the ballads (Paul Leim is the drummer in the Nashville rhythm section). One veteran big band observer recently called Hobbs the best big band drummer in North America. Well, on the basis of this performance, there is no doubt that he has to be considered for the title. Everything Hobbs does, the swing, the accents, the power, the dynamics, is just perfect. He was fine on the Stan Kenton band, but he has developed over the years into a monster big band drummer.

    "Convergence Zone" is a wonderful big band jazz CD, which should be purchased without hestation by anyone who loves the art.
    Prevailing WInds
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Outstanding wind writing
    • great CD
    Prevailing WInds

    Manufacturer: Summit(Classical)
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B0000038KU
    Release Date: 1997-03-11

    Tracks:

    1. Smetana Fanfare
    2. In Memoriam
    3. Adagio Para Orquestra De Instrumentos De Viento
    4. Drum Ceremony And Fanfare
    5. Elegy
    6. Perpetual Motion

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Outstanding wind writing.......2006-02-12

    This is an outstanding CD that shows terrific writing for wind instruments. Writing for wind ensemble does not have to be musically inferior, as these composers show.

    Of particular note are the pieces by Maslanka and Rodrigo. Who knew Rodrigo wrote music for wind ensemble? It is both a delicate yet exciting work that shows the various instruments off to best advantage (without any unnecessary doublings that mar so many wind band pieces). It's a shame this piece isn't performed more often.

    The Maslanka is a heartfelt memorial tribute that exploits all of the modern textures of the wind band, including organ! Yet, the sonorities are never used to excess--each texture seems perfectly suited to the mood and the overall arc of the piece, which ends on a sad note, as if converying the sadness of a life unfinished.

    The Husa is also terrific, and competes well with many other recordings of these works.

    Highly recommended.

    5 out of 5 stars great CD.......2001-12-08

    I love the Husa pieces. Wind symphony is not "band," so these are not the typical Sousa marches. These are wonderful pieces, and the CCM wind symphony is a terrific ensemble.
    Prevailing Winds
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      Prevailing Winds

      Manufacturer: Overdressed Late Guy Productions
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B0001HKUM0
      Release Date: 2004-02-15

      Tracks:

      1. Carl Vine: Sonata "Fast"
      2. Slow
      3. Very Fast
      4. Casella: Sicilienne
      5. Burlesque
      6. Carmargo Guarnieri: Sonatine Allegro
      7. Melancolico
      8. Saltitante
      9. Ronn Yedidia: Arabesque
      10. Lullaby
      11. Roussel: Andante et Scherzo
      12. David Lang: Vent
      13. Kent Kennan: Night Soliloquy

      Album Description

      A recital of 20th Century works for flute and piano by University of Minnesota Flute Professor, Immanuel Davis and pianist Stephen Gosling. Many of these works are presented on CD for the first time and others are rarely recorded.

      The works on this CD span the entire 20th century and many of its diverse styles. From the Brazilian sounds of Guarnieri and Impressionistic harmonies of Casella to the shimmering sounds of Carl Vine and jazz-influenced Yedidia, there is something here for everyone.

      Track Listings:

      1. PROKOFIEV: Hamlet - Boris Godunov - Incidental Music - RSO Berlin - Jurowski
      2. Puertas de Madrid
      3. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2/Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini/Vocalise
      4. Romantic & Impressionist Era
      5. Schumann - Novelletten, Op. 21
      6. Schumann Piano Works
      7. Simon Barere: Live Recordings at Carnegie Hall, Vol. 2 (1947)
      8. Simon Barere: Live Recordings at Carnegie Hall, Vol. 1 (1946)
      9. Stravinsky-Rite of Spring/Jeu de Cartes
      10. Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s, Volume 4

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