Duke Ellington / His Orchestra - A Drum Is A WomanVinyl LP pressing. Reissue, originally released in 1957. A Drum Is A Woman is a musical allegory by American pianist, composer, and bandleader Duke Ellington and his long time musical collaborator Billy Strayhorn. It tells the story of Madam Zajj, the personification of African rhythm, and Carribee Joe, who has his roots firmly in the jungle with his drums. Zajj travels out into the world seeking fame and sophistication and melds with the influences

Steel pans and horn lines trade off over their signature heavy drums and breathe new life into this classic

recorded and improvised reworking of That's No Way To Get Along using the biblical theme of the "Prodigal Son" for the lyric base

Mendelssohn/ I Musici - Mendelssohn: String Symphonies 9-12 / Octet

combined with the music makes for an experience that after the first listen leaves you with a melancholic longing to return to the Ostrobothnian darkness once more

less celebrated career as a composer

Paul Van Nevel has selected some emblematic pieces played in Italy

and electrifying cross-cultural expression - the band's most accomplished

My Mirror Speaks A4

with 24 new mixes including 2 first-time stereo mixes

Considered one of Broadway's most important composers in the post 1950s era

Then there's "The Viper"

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