Russells Wedding Album Blends Gospel and The Wisp Style
Leon and Mary Russell release Wedding Album on Warner Brothers with WEA distribution. The pair, secretly married last June, expand Marys lead voice and add duets, blending Gospel warmth with Russell’s evolving Will o Wisp sound across tracks like Rainbow in Four Eyes Satisfy You and Lavender Blue Dilly Dilly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon
Mary Russell
Warner Brothers Records
WEA
Russell
Will
G the Wisp
Mary McCreary
Mary
Bates
Dilly Dilly
Wedding Album and Jazz, A mix of love rock and Ellington
A scattered review notes Russell’s warmth on a love themed album with lush studio work and Womack on Daylight, contrasts Grand Funk Railroad’s loud dull efforts, and praises Ella Fitzgerald Duke Ellington collaborations. It surveys Bartok vocal works and notes 1960s jazz ambiance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Funk Railroad
Capitol Records
EMI
GFR
Dukes Place
Ella Fitzgerald
Duke Ellington
Phonogram
Lla Fitzgerald
Louis Bellson
Ellington Sides From Studio and Live Sessions Enthrall Fans
A review savors Ellington albums mixing studio dates in New York 1958 with a 1959 Columbia live session. It praises the band’s precision, soloists like Gonsalves and Gillespie, and guests Jimmy Rushing and Jimmy Jones. The writer notes rich percussion, arranging craft, and overall joyous musicianship despite occasional narration.
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New York
Columbia
Jimmy Jones
Little Girl
Dizzie Gillespie
Jimmy Rushing
Ellington
Duke
Gonsalves
Op Ae
Gillespie
Upper Manhattan
Billy Strayhorn
Johnny
Ellington Ang
The Almost Unknown Bartok Cantata Profana And More
A review of Bartok works including Cantata Profana and The Giant and Five Hungarian Folk Songs. Conducted by Janos Ferencsik with the Budapest Symphony and Chorus, and Andras Oto di, plus performances of Three Village Scenes and Seven Choruses. The recording is part of Hungaroton’s complete Bartok edition with translations and praised packaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artok
Bartok
Kodaly
Danube Basin
Australia
Avan Guard
Stings
Gesp Forest
Schutz
Stravinsky
Budapest Symphony Greeale
Janos ‘Crenesik
Budapest Philharmonic Society
Julia Hamart
Hempsman State Orchestra
Andras Otodi
Badok
Budapest Symphony
Lisal Academy of Music
Antal Dorati
Hungaroton
Bartoky
Academie du Disque Francais
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SALLE
Piaa
Leon and
Russells
Bobby Womack
Ron Brewer
Den
Various Artists
Mungeroton Recording
Ella
CBS
Avan+ Guard
Lony
Ali Knoll
Orches
Barto
Fyshwick Plaza
Wollongong St
Fyshwick
Bill O'Brien Motors
Kembla Street
ESKO
Esko Laing
Riley Place
Chifley
A.C.T
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