Customer Reviews

Metamorphosis: Jazz Meets the Symphony, No. 4

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Lalo Shifrin is amazing! To have know him when he played piano for Dizzy and later when he scored the music for an animated feature film I marketed, allowed me to the chance to recognize the versatily of this unique artist. This album is one of the few I have heard that successfuly melds jazz into a classical venue. Not only does Lalo play brilliant jazz piano (a la Previn or Legrand), he has assembled exemplary sidemen especially the brilliant Australian cornetist/trumpeter James Morrison whose range and warmth is immediatley ear-catching. And of course superb playing is expected of (and given) by Ray Brown on bass and Jeff Hamilton on drums. Give this CD all the stars in the galaxy!

If Andre Previn wrote and perfrmed a film score for a Hitchcock film, this would be it. Using a Jazz combo as core, the strings, woodwinds and brass sound impeccible and have a perfect mix. The song arrabgements are superb. I was simply blown away withthis recording, the 3rd in th series I have bought. I love Lalo's music, and have listened to him evolve over the years. This is emotional & dramatic music. If you enjoy straight ahead Jazz enveloped in a large orchestra with semi-Classical undertones, you will get off on this recording. I know I did.