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DVORAK: SYMPHONY NO. 9 (Telarc). Could Andre Previn conduct electricity with both feet in a bucket of water? Probably not. Still a fine jazz pianist, Previn remains a resolutely unimaginative conductor whose performances are habitually marked by a dull rhythmic sense and colorless orchestral playing. Here, the Los Angeles Philharmonic sleepwalks through Dvorak's symphonic masterpiece...
JELLY ROLL MORTON: THE JELLY ROLL MORTON CENTENNIAL -- HIS COMPLETE VICTOR RECORDINGS (Bluebird/RCA). This jaunty, saucy pianist with a diamond-studded tooth and an ego as big as Mount Rushmore claimed to have invented jazz. He didn't quite do that. But he did compose, arrange and perform some of the greatest jazz ever played, as this digitally remastered 5-CD set, spanning the years 1926-39, amply demonstrates...
...those nooks for Lauderdale is the grand piano. Lauderdale, more known for his effervescent personality and taste for expensive women's clothing, is a concert pianist...
...want to be a concert pianist. I want to be mayor of Portland, Oregon. I want to be head of the Portland Art Museum. A fashion designer. President. Quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, my favorite team...
...aftermath of that derailment, which launched Branford on a highly successful career of his own, Wynton has assembled a group of young players (pianist Eric Reid, 20; drummer Herlin Riley, 33; trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, 23; saxophonists Todd Williams, 23, and Wes Anderson, 25) remarkable not only for their musicianship but also for their loyalty to his leadership. Says Anderson: "Wynton is someone who can guide us. He's one of the shepherds of this music...