Jim Snidero - StringsThis reissue of Jim Snidero's Strings on Savant Records marks 20 years since the album was to be recorded in New York on 9 11 01, the day of the terrifying attacks on the World Trade Center. Recorded a few months later and released on Milestone, the session ultimately resulted in "a stone masterpiece" (Philadelphia Weekly), "breathtaking achievement" (East Bay Times), 4 stars (Downbeat). Out of print for nearly a decade, Strings has been beautifully

Breathtakingly unpredictable

from folk to dance

and utilized his acting skills to lure them into a web of mutual betrayal and death

this fresh

and "He Loves Me (Lyzel in E Flat)" were nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance in 2001

avant-garde electronic sounds

tonally consonant and expressive setting can be heard in all it's grandeur and eloquence

and at the end a sumptuous Ballet des Nations

Fusing new jazz directions with the electric crackle of rock and inspired solos

Violinist Fenella Humphreys joins with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor George Vass to present these formidable works with a world premiere recording of a new work for violin and orchestra by the American composer Nors S

" reaching #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978

Flux is deathless and forever