Now streaming:
Very interesting to hear "The Carnival of the Animals" performed by a small ensemble of 12 instrumentalists. Before today, I'd only heard it performed with a full orchestra.
Nope. I gotta admit that I'm not a big fan of Mulligan.
His only entry on my 70s list is as a co-leader -- with Brubeck at the Berlin Jazz Days in 1970.
I've just never grooved much to his sound.
I guess he's a "blind spot" of mine.
Wonderful recollections, Gheorghe. ... I never had a chance to see JG. Wish I could have. He was such a force on tenor.
And pair him Lockjaw. Phew! Yeah.
Disc 6
Brahms: Piano Trios Nos. 1 (op. 8) and 2 (op. 87)
with Henryk Szeryng and Pierre Fournier
It seems like Brahms' chamber music is always orchestral music in miniature.
Figuratively speaking, he was writing symphonies well before he wrote any symphonies.