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Classical Jazz Guitar

Sjoerd Staal — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 22:00:28 +0000

Classical Jazz Guitar presents nine well known Standards along with Original Works by Onur Alakavuklar.

The songs on the album include All Of Me, The Entertainer, Fly Me To The Moon, Misty, The Girl From Ipanema, My Funny Valentine, There Will Never Be Another You, Summertime and Autumn Leaves.

A Turkish musician that resides in United States, Dr. Alakavuklar reconstructed beloved American Standards in his own way with Classical Guitar. Combining the complex harmonies with virtuosic guitar playing.

The album is exclusively available in Stereo DSD 512, DSD 256, DSD 128 and DSD 64 from NativeDSD

Onur Alakavuklar, Guitar

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Dexter Gordon, Montmartre 1964 (Monophonic Recording)

Sjoerd Staal — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 13:32:18 +0000

Dexter Gordon, Montmartre 1964 features selections from a series of performances at the Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen in 1964. It features legendary Tenor Saxophone player Dexter Gordon with a band that includes Tete Montoliu on Piano, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen on Bass and Alex Riel on Drums.

Listening to this album takes you back to the atmosphere and sound of Jazzhus Montmartre on a random night in the 1960s. Engulfing you in Dexter Gordon’s enormous aura. Dexter’s arrival in Copenhagen had a tremendous impact that left a lasting impression on the Danish jazz scene. His playing was superb, with a giant sound that was unique and captivating.

Alex Riel, known as The Godfather of Danish Drummers and a member of the Dexter Gordon band on this album, remembers “It wasn’t a case of going to work, even though we played every, single night in June, July and August during the summer of 1964. Dexter and Tete were there solely for the music, and so were Niels-Henning and I. It is so obvious when I hear the music today. Dexter loved being in Montmartre.”

Dexter Gordon, Montmartre 1964 is one of the 2xHD Historic Series of vintage Monophonic recordings from the Storyville Records catalog. The album has been transferred from a Monophonic Analog Tape Recording to DSD 256 by Rene Laflamme. It has been issued by arrangement with the Estate of Dexter Gordon. The album is exclusively available in DSD 512 from NativeDSD Music.

Dexter Gordon – Tenor Saxophone & Vocals
Tete Montoliu – Piano
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen – Bass
Alex Riel – Drums

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The Hours Begin to Sing

Sjoerd Staal — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000

To be part of the creative process of new songs from their inception to fruition is an exhilarating – and altogether humbling – experience. Myriad externalities influence the direction of the journey from the moment the text speaks to a composer until the moment the performers speak the text; but the great wonder is in what happens in between, in the mind and hand of the composer. As a mother, I can only liken this miracle to birth: an essential force comes into the world fully formed, through the conduit of another human being. And once it arrives, you cannot conceive of it never having been. I am grateful to have been some small part of such miracles.

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Phenomenon – The Music of David Garner

Sjoerd Staal — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Spoon River Songs is an ongoing project.

The first and third songs were commissioned in 1987 by Dr. Nikki Martin, and premièred in 1988 in CAMI Hall in New York by the Conservatory Cantata Singers, who I accompanied at the keyboard. The middle song was commissioned by Katherine Growdon in 2004. Presently, I am completing four more songs for Susanne Mentzer to add to the cycle.

Notes by the composer

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