Strata

Creative Arts Orchestra | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 1, 1995)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Schoolkids Records
• ASIN: B0000012R0
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,328,848 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Thought Forms

2. La Danse du Bonheur

3. Improvisation

4. Improvisation

5. Elegy

6. Rhythmic Etude: 19/8

7. Improvisation [Strings]

8. Cremata

9. Crepuscule With Nellie

10. Hell of a Bore

11. Bewa [Traditional Daghati Songs]

12. Improvisation [Strings]

13. Thought Forms

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for creative and collaborative minds, April 25, 2004

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3Michael W Nickens (Alexandria, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Strata (Audio CD)

This CD reveals a glimpse of the truth about what an open-minded creative process can achieve. The music is raw and truly one of a kind showing off not only the spontaneous and adventurous spirit of all involved, but also the multiculturalism that is our world today.

This album is a must for artists trying to tap into a part of themselves that they didn't know was there.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars weird but enjoyable, June 6, 2001

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Jonny - See all my reviews

This review is from: Strata (Audio CD)

This is possibly the wierdest music I have ever heard, but in a strange way it is enjoyable......

5.0 out of 5 stars From a performer on this album, April 30, 2009

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P. Wilson "pawil71" (Teaneck, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Strata (Audio CD)

I participated in this album, and it is something I'm very proud of. Improvisation is hard to capture in a studio, but I think this gets pretty close to capturing some of the best things about totally spontaneous playing. Not all the music was purely improvisational. Some of it was played from jazz lead sheets, some pieces were basically road mapped beforehand and then improvised over that road map. Some of it is pure spontaneous, free improv. And some of it is really inspired.

I've since recorded with the New York Philharmonic, Trey Anastasio, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, but I think I'm proudest of this.