Meis - Kaboom"Kaboom": behind this picturesque title lies the explosive mixture created by the quartet of the Luxembourg drummer Michel Meis. This time the band has a guest on some of the songs: the French violinist Tho Ceccaldi. Alisa Klein on the trombone merges as casually as unpredictably with the violin tone of Ceccaldi, and band leader Meis knows very well how much she is worth for the band. "Alisa Klein is the soul of the band," a fact of which he is very

This is the record that contains such classics as Drunk and Disorderly

the Quartet Op

while the French Overture

most recently with the counter-tenor Iestyn Davies as their companion

nor the matter-of-factly austere one of Nikolaus Harnoncourt

the Festsaal of the Akademie der Wissenschaften

Shostakovich's first Piano Trio

and founder/conductor of Modo Antiquo

In addition to tracking the album to analog tape

The instrumental title track is a dazzling showcase for Royales guitarist Lowman Pauling's slashing fretwork

Released to coincide with the band's 40th Anniversary

The focus again is formed by festive