the piano music of george gershwin

Composer Ron McFarland''s music reveals much of the man, romantic and passionate, with top San Francisco musicians creating a style that is dreamy, emotional, ever direct and accessible 22 MP3 Songs CLASSICAL: Contemporary, CLASSICAL: Orchestral ......

Peaceful piano, provocative mood swings, argumentative bass, intricate cymbals. Acclaimed jazz trio in the dramatic second act of their free improv trilogy that uses Gregorian chant and spirituals as the jumping off point. Volume II of III. 11 MP......

Poetic Shenandoah, hip-hop Kyrie, 7/8 mysticism, jungle-drum Troubled Water. Acclaimed jazz trio in the cathartic final act of their free improv trilogy that uses Gregorian chant and spirituals as the jumping off point. Volume III of III. 9 MP3 S......

Exploratory ballads, loopy dissonance, flinty conversations, metallic birdcalls, high-speed clashes, sweet denouements. Tangos, Merengues, Calypsos, Mambos. A colorful, latin-inflected, free improv epic by acclaimed virtuoso trumpet-piano duo. 14......

Billowy pastels, rocking winds, unexpected showers, puckish dialogue. Loose and lyrical, funky pizz grooves, evocative East-meets-West. A gently undulating free improv session by acclaimed virtuoso piano-bass duo. 13 MP3 Songs JAZZ: Traditional J......

Wildly energetic, bristling with storylines, dissonant stabs, cinematic surges, contrapuntal chase scenes, and climactic crunches. Virtuoso two-piano improvisations by the Northwest''s reigning free improv pianist. Companion to "The Blue Diary." ......

Oceanic sweep, bracing dischord, playful pastiche, gentle pools. Raggy-stridey-boppy, blues-spiked. Virtuoso solo piano improvisations by the Northwest''s reigning free improv pianist. Companion to "The Dream Journal Murders." 17 MP3 Songs JAZZ: ......

Incredibly smart, pure and true. The 21st Century''s most revered female violinist and composer. The feverish modern complexity of Igor Stravinsky or Dmirtri Shostakovich with the heart soul of Gershwin or Hoagy Carmichael. Timeless. 13 MP3 Songs......

Tone Poems For Piano Inspired by the Genius of Anne Carson and her collection of fictional essays called THE BEAUTY OF THE HUSBAND 29 MP3 Songs CLASSICAL: Contemporary, JAZZ: Avant-Garde Jazz Details: This album is only available at the followin......

The Toronto Globe and Mail wrote "The harpsichord pieces team with ideas and roll along with a wonderful kinetic sort of energy; the instrument has never been as funky." 10 MP3 Songs ROCK: Progressive Rock, CLASSICAL: Minimalism Details: Small C......

Bossa nova jazz featuring compositions by Antonio Carlos Jobim. 15 MP3 Songs JAZZ: Bossa Nova, LATIN: Brazilian Jazz Details: In the early 60''s I was playing piano in the band at the Dorado Beach Hotel in Puerto Rico. The leader was saxophonist......

Sensual, rhythmic renditions of beloved standards and exquisite original jazz compositions with a permeating Latin spirit. The sort of music that you never tire of hearing. 13 MP3 Songs JAZZ: Bossa Nova, JAZZ: Latin Jazz Details: Gail Marten,......

Josephine Cameron plays original and well known songs that straddle the line between pop and folk idioms. She is most highly praised for her clear, expressive vocal style. 11 MP3 Songs FOLK: Traditional Folk, GOSPEL: Traditional Gospel Details......

Jazz and Blues permeate the original songs of Bonnie Meadow, while her roots - folk, show tunes and standards - are showing. 12 MP3 Songs BLUES: Jazzy Blues, JAZZ: Jazz Vocals Details: Bonnieâs mother wrote in her Baby Book that she was singin......

Top Notch Jazz improvization, vivid storytelling and world music sensibility delicately woven among the jump for joy standards. 11 MP3 Songs JAZZ: Jazz Vocals, JAZZ: World Fusion Details: Chris McNulty Bio Synopsis: Increasingly acknowledged......

Waking democracy, patriotic collage, American Babel, factions squaring off. Horn duel to the death. Steady marches, haunted memorials, whirling dervish finale. Free improv epic with band of Northwest Jazz All-Stars. 11 MP3 Songs JAZZ: Traditional......

Considered a dangerous experiment in music, her stunning instrument couples with her previous life in the circus to create a wonderful combination of original and classic jazz with just a twist of dementia and comedic burlesque. 16 MP3 Songs JAZZ......

Charles Ives meets Kate Bush: innovative, whimsical piano-based music that crashes together 20th/21st century atonality, pop and jazz. "Well-trained, self-inspired talent for the odd, up and down and all around, and out there." - The Village Voic......

A solo piano tribute to the victims and heroes of 9/11 17 MP3 Songs EASY LISTENING: Mood Music, GOSPEL: Traditional Gospel Details: Billboard Magazine has called him âan immensely talented pianist, at home in a wide variety of musical settings......

George Gershwin. Cole Porter. Richard Rodgers. They say no one can write like that anymore, but Susan Werner has added a new chapter to the Great American Songbook. All Music Guide: "...brilliantly constructed, soulful, and cleverly tender..." 13......