In this fantasy story, JS Bach's 22 kids accidentally hook him up with a modern day pop music producer. The producer decides to "spiff up" Bach's music to make it more appealing to a modern audience-- in Disco, Latin, Country, and Swing styles. Bach-o

5 MP3 Songs in this album (19:01) !
Related styles: POP: with Electronic Production, CLASSICAL: Bach

People who are interested in Johann Sebastian Bach should consider this download.


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Justin Locke is the author of several "family concert works" for orchestra. His "Peter VS the Wolf" and "The Phantom of the Orchestra" have been done by orchestras all over the world, on four continents and two island nations, in five languages. (He is also the author of âReal Men Donât Rehearse,â a fun musical memoir of his âplaying daysâ as a bass player with the Boston Pops.)

In this musical fantasy story, Johann Sebastian Bach is somewhat despondent, as his music is not selling. Everyone tells him his music is old fashioned (and since he held on to baroque style longer than anyone, so far the story is based on fact). To help him out, his 22 children (yes, he did have 22 kids) get together and hire a manager for dear old dadâ not realizing that the manager they have hired is from modern day Los Angeles. With neither party noticing the time schism, Bachâs new manager tells Johann his music is âokay, but it needs work.â The manager then hires an arranger to âfix upâ Bachâs music in order to make it more appealing to a modern audience. After hearing all these many new versions of his music, Bach offers up an arrangement of his own. Unfortunately, it is in swing style, which the manager points out is, again, hopelessly old fashioned. But Bachâs little swing tune is a sleeper hit; it ignites a world wide resurgence in swing music, wins every award you can name, and Bach goes on to fame and fortune, much to the chagrin of the manager.