Perrine/ Perrine/ Ransom - Here's the ThingA great album of straight ahead jazz, this new release features a program of wonderful acoustic jazz composed by John Perrine. John Perrine is Associate Professor, Coordinator of Jazz Studies and Department Chair at Cleveland State University. He has premiered works by Kari Juusela, Aaron Johnson, William Price, Greg D'Allesio and others. Perrine holds a DMA from Louisiana State University, a Masters in Jazz Pedagogy from Northwestern University, and

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as well as his instrumental and recording technique

This is a half-hour piece as ambitious and surprising as any of the mature quartets by his great predecessors in the medium

but this focus sometimes overshadowed the heights which Gil reached throughout the album

"'For Louisiana' is a song about self doubt and the ups and downs of being a touring musician

another congratulatory cantata

Together the trio weaves a sumptuous tapestry of Persian and Azerbaijani music to relax and inspire the listener

" Born in Australia in 1941

Here the very well-known Piano Trio No

which Jerry turns into a sermon on war between the sexes

1: The Early Days to 1935

" to a tender reading of her own "Sometimes