The Best of Nexus

Bob Brecker (Artist), John Wyre (Artist), Robin Engelman (Artist), John Cage (Composer), William Cahn (Composer), George Hamilton Green (Composer), Joe Green (Composer), Nexus (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: John Cage, William Cahn, George Hamilton Green, Joe Green, Nexus
• Audio CD (August 26, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nexus
• ASIN: B000009JMU
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #606,050 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Kobina

2. Triplets

3. Xylophonia

4. Passage

5. Amazing Space

6. The Birds, for percussion ensemble

7. Third Construction, for 4 percussionists

8. Daybreak, an aubade

9. McSimpton's annual boat excursion to Nanaimo, June 1949

10. Hummingbird

11. Spanish Waltz

12. Frivolity

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Dissapointment, September 12, 2006

By 

Jason Steffen (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Nexus (Audio CD)

I know that there is percussion music that is worth listening to, I've played some. Unfortunately, such music is not found on this CD. The songs are either ragtime (which is fine in appropriate amounts) or wierdo garbage that must be more interesting to play than it is to listen to, otherwise I can't see how it would make it onto a "best of" CD. I don't recall hearing a piece that had both drums and keyboards at the same time. I admit, however, that I haven't built up the courage to listen to the disk again to verify this. In long... the song selection is really bad and most of the sounds coming from the speakers are best kept in the background of B grade horror films. The talent of the players is wasted on the material.