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Montreux: A Windham Hill Retrospective (1993)
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It may be sudden, but this is the last post about Montreux. Do not fret, though, because there will be posts about the band members as soloists, coming soon.
This week I'll be covering the album, Montreux: A Windham Hill Retrospective (1993).
Here is the album cover.
Three years after the band broke apart and the band members either went to form other bands or become soloists, like William Ackerman, a "Windham Hill Retrospective" album of Montreux's work was released, containing their greatest hits.
Here are some reviews of the album from Amazon.mp3:
"I first heard this album one evening on public radio while driving home. I was blown away! Great tunes that defied classification. I called the station to find out who it was and bought the CD as soon as I could. Great playing,catchy-intricate-innovative tunes,a good sound- it`s what I`d been dreaming of.Maybe they were too good or too hard to pidgeonhole,but,sadly,they are no longer together. But you can still buy some of what they did...DO IT! wellman@kricket.net"
"Some of the best music ever recorded. Listen to Egrets, and Dolphins, then drift into a euphoric mellow haze. Another group that is fabulous, and largely forgotten."
Here is the track listing:
1. To Be
2. Dolphins
3. Egrets
4. Let Them Say
5. October Wedding
6. Near Northern
7. Circular Birds
8. Movie
9. Jacob Do Bandolim
10. Piacenza
11. Tideline
12. True Story (Or Ture Story)
13. The Lights In The Sky Are Stars
14. Free D
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For their second LP, Darol Anger invited Mike Marshall, Todd Philips and Andy Narell to join he and Higbie, as mention two weeks ago, and they soon became the Darol Anger and Barbara Higbie Quintet, later changing it to Montreux. Balakrishnan left the band to study composition and Anger took his position in playing the violin (full time). The band, minus Balakrishnan, performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1984, and their performances were recorded there for the release of their second album. Here is the album cover. Here are two reviews on the CD copy of the album from Amazon.com: 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful 5.0 out of 5 stars Major Windham Hill release from the 1980s April 27, 2003 By Paul A. Scofield Format: Audio CD "This is, according to the liner notes, the entire concert played on July 19th, 1984 at the Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland. Musicians are: Darol Anger, violins; Barbara Higbie, piano; Mike M
Happy Christmas Eve everyone! For this year's post, it will be a late one due to the fact that the holidays came by too quickly for me to prepare myself. Tonight I will be reviewing George Winston's 1982 album, December . To learn more about George Winston, click the link here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Winston Now to begin, December is George Winston's fourth solo piano album, released in 1982 as a holiday album, follow up to the album Autumn , and as a tribute to the winter season. In 2001, a 20th Anniversary Edition of the album was released, including two bonus tracks not included on the original release. As of last year (2013), the album was again reissued by Valley Entertainment with Dancing Cat Records, since the original Windham Hill label is now defunct. This most recent reissue has been packaged in a Digipak and features a revised cover art, making the image wider and blending the text onto the art cover rather than above it. For comparison&#
Shutting down this site...APRIL FOOLS! But seriously, I really haven't been very active with this blog lately. However I have been coming up with ideas on how to re-organize the blog as well as going album shopping online and at thrift stores. I will continue to keep you updated on my official return.
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