Jerry Bergonzi - Nearly BlueA fount of harmonic ingenuity, melodic integrity, and rhythmic authority, Jerry Bergonzi has long been a standard bearer of sorts for the jazz community. A prolific composer prone to taking deep dives that put serious theory into profound practice, his discography is filled with smart and imaginative originals that twist and turn in unexpected fashion. But a passion for standard gems of yesteryear, the lingua franca of jazz, also fires his creative

At the end of 1984 the band added vocalist Michele Cantoblundo while drummer Marco left and was replaced by a Roland TR-909

As to latest success in December 2003 Brainstorm got the awards for "the best pop video"("A Day Before Tomorrow") and "the best band" on Latvian Independent Television Music Awards

That very band that has been a reference and influence for many of us

Robert is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music and is the principal cellist of the London Chamber Orchestra and also conducts the Oxford Symphony Orchestra and the North London Symphony Orchestra

and their ilk

and this new recording presents their works

The Brother Kite - Isolation

Massey studied trumpet under Freddie Webster

With few exceptions

but whose 1636 Stabat mater is touched by rich and affective dissonance

superbly performed by the Aukso ensemble directed by Marek Mos

Rodolphe Raffalli - Chansonnettes