The Kronos Quartet's recording, Caravan.
How to describe? ..... Chamber Classical/Jazz with some occasional minimalism mixed in. A couple violins, a viola and a cello. All played beautifully and masterfully. Playing pieces from various modern times composers.
Found the compact disc during a bin browsing excursion a week or two ago. One of those: "HEY! What's this?" moments.
From starting out listening to my parents records to staying up late at night listening to the radio to being introduced to album collecting as a teenager to making mix-tapes and into the present, it seems that I've always been searching for and listening to music of widely varied genres. Here's an idea of what I've been hearing along the way ....
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Saturday Vinyl Finds
It would be kinda funny, if it wasn't sad in my eyes but for the records that I'm interested in, the used bookstore is turning out t...
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Duke Ellington - The Ellington Suites. An antique shop find on vinyl. Jazz pieces recorded in 1959 and the early 1970's. Three separate ...
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New vinyl titled, 'Terrain' from Portico Quartet. Discovered this group about a year ago while searching for new directions in jazz....
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A compilation from 2001 and Oxford American magazine. I think they would put out an annual collection of Southern music. I found two or thr...

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