Johnny Guarnieri - Plays the Music of Walter DonaldsonOne of America's foremost jazz and stride pianists, Johnny Guarnieri is perhaps best remembered for his big band stints with Benny Goodman in 1939 and with Artie Shaw in 1940. Guarnieri was a busy sideman throughout the 1940's and also led his own group which included Lester Young, Hank D'Amico, Billy Butterfield and Cozy Cole. In his later years, Guarnieri turned his attention to jazz education while continuing to record with numerous artists and

but as stalwarts on West Virginia's rival to the Grand Ole Opry "The WWVA Jamboree

This keenly anticipated album from Sinfonia of London and John Wilson features two of the greatest British works for string orchestra: Ralph Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Triple colored vinyl LP pressing

Walnut Valley Festival and many more

the highly percussive album resists genre categorization

come together to do battle for the honor of their nations

44 by Schumann

extravagant hurly-burly to musical life with romantic sounds from Rachmaninoff through the evergreens of Kurt Weill to the jazzy echoes of Gershwin

The band's vocalist

is now a distinctive part of my musical language

Yet this success proved short-lived

There are many highlights on this recording