The Classical Jazz Quartet Plays Bach

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The Classical Jazz Quartet - Plays Bach
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Artist...............: The Classical Jazz Quartet
Album................: Plays Bach
Genre................: Classical Jazz
Year.................: 2002
Codec................: LAME 3.97
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3

Ripped by............: NMR
Posted by............: Lynch on 24/07/2008

Included.............: NFO, SFV, M3U
Covers...............: Front Back

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Tracklisting
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1. (00:08:38) The Classical Jazz Quartet - Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
2. (00:05:43) The Classical Jazz Quartet - Oboe Concerto in A major, 2nd Movement BWV 1055
3. (00:08:11) The Classical Jazz Quartet - Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F major BWV 1047, 1st Movement
4. (00:08:02) The Classical Jazz Quartet - Invention #4 BWV 775
5. (00:05:55) The Classical Jazz Quartet - Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F major BWV 1047, 2nd Movement
6. (00:07:56) The Classical Jazz Quartet - Air

Playing Time.........: 00:44:24
Total Size...........: 101.42 MB
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Plays Bach features the Classical Jazz Quartet-pianist Kenny Barron,
vibraphonist and marimba virtuoso Stefon Harris, bassist Ron Carter
and drummer Lewis Nash. The group's first CD featured jazz takes on
Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker. On this disc, the CJQ delves into the
contrapuntal coolness of JS Bach. Like Dave Brubeck, Bud Powell,
George Shearing and John Lewis before them, the CJQ swing through
several Bach masterpieces. While they don't have the Modern Jazz
Quartet's telepathic interplay, these players bring out the best
of the American and European musical idioms.
The chorale, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" and "Air"
(a torrid take on "Air on the G String") swing in a clean, post-bop fashion.
The "Oboe Concerto in A Minor, 2nd Movement BWV 1055" sashays with a
zesty Latin lilt, while the first and second movements of the
"Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F Major BWV 1047" are rendered in dreamy
Afro-Asian and no nonsense, straight-ahead styles. With Carter's deep
and dependable basslines, Harris's Milt Jackson and Bobby Hutcherson
inspired improvisations, Barron's lean and lyrical piano lines and
Nash's articulate drumwork, the CJQ does swinging service to Bach
and the music we call jazz.