Up Toward the Sky/ Various - Up Toward the SkyThis unique album of American songs for soprano and piano includes 10 world premiere recordings, including the first recording of Winifred Hyson's 'Songs of Job's Daughter' and many of the other songs have not been extensively or recently recorded but some modern classics are included, such as Menotti's Five Songs. The repertoire highlights female composers and female poets (Amy Beach, Winifred Hyson, Gertrude Stein, Ina Coolbrith, Marianne Moore) and

but in solo recital programs his name is rarely seen

Fantasies and Dances

Alasdair Gillis

Harold Mabern-piano

Geoff Cole-trombone

the famous O passi sparsi by Sebastiano Festa

ma molto moderato e grazioso

dynamic and rich

At odds with everyone he once considered a friend

A fantastic take on the early rock 'n' roll classic Sh-Boom

without premise and unaffected by her reputation

originally structured (the Second and Ninth each in a single movement)