Jim Cooper - NutvilleJazz vibist Jim Cooper's second Delmark CD, Nutville, was originally issued in 1992. " a warm wind blowing out of the Windy City, a suave mainstream session highlighted by solid solo work from the vibist with multi instrumentalist bravura by Ira Sullivan." Down Beat " The vibist establishes a strong claim to be the Thelonious Monk of his instrument then Cooper shows off substantial symmetry and lyricism on ballads as well as a real affinity for the

Royal Academy of Music

who included them (under his own name) in the collection West-ostlicher Divan

spartan and luxurious

This CD represents a documentation of one of those smaller

Finding herself unable to play several of the songs she'd written for the album with her damaged hand

staged by Cécile Roussat and Julien Lubek and conducted by Hervé Niquet with a sparkling team: Mozart's work suddenly takes on the tone of the Opéra-Comique à la française

Different Problems

the 25 individual movements are arranged differently and supplemented by five arrangements of opera arias

Erotic retrospect into earlier decadesEroticism and sexuality was officially not an issue in the first decades after the war

whilst still being predominantly tonal and recognisably song based

Spain and Belgium

plus another 20 or so which are regarded as significant compositions which became standards