Whirled Chamber Music

Kayo Miki (Performer), Emily Onderdonk (Performer), Jeremy Cohen (Performer), Joel Cohen (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Kayo Miki, Emily Onderdonk, Jeremy Cohen, Joel Cohen
• Audio CD (September 25, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Violinjazz Recordings
• ASIN: B000VFU3TM
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #208,453 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"After snapping up two Grammy® nominations last year for Látigo, Quartet San Francisco returns with a fascinating album of musical oddities, including seven cuts by the late Raymond Scott. You may not recognize the name, or titles such as 'Peter Tambourine' and 'The Penguin,' but you'll know the music, beautifully reinvented by the Bay Area quartet." --David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle

Review

"The pitch-perfect Quartet San Francisco applies itself to a wider range of material [than on Látigo], compiling what could easily be the most cheerful and brilliantly-executed release of 2007." --Dr. Judith Schlesinger, AllAboutJazz.com

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tasty new quartet music, February 1, 2008

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ZapMonkey (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Whirled Chamber Music (Audio CD)

I just heard this in album form on KCSN Arts and Roots, fine public radio station out of CSU Northridge. Very tasty, so much that I called the station about it.

A broad range of selections from Jazz, Tango, Funk (!), you name it. Several tunes by the late great composer Raymond Scott, who wrote a lot of good music beyond the Looney Toonz that made him famous. Crisp production, and wonderful voicing by Quartet San Francisco. You might not expect some of the pieces to work in the quartet format, but Jeremy Cohen is a first class arranger working with musicians who can pull it off.

The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is personal taste - I like to wrestle with the music a bit, and the selections are more mainstream, which is a minor fault. If you like the expanded repertoire of new quartets, this is a find.