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Geoff Muldaur's Futuristic Ensemble
Private Astronomy: A Vision Of The Music Of Bix Beiderbecke
Shefa Records 3003
Orchestrated piano solos: In A Mist/In The Dark/Candlelights/Flashes Band numbers: Take Your Tomorrow/There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth The Salt of My Tears/Futuristic Rhythm/Davenport Blues/Singin' The Blues/Bless You! Sister/Waiting At The End Of The Road/Clouds (a melody line)
In 2003 Deutsche Gramophone issued this album on its Edge label. It did not receive much publicity, so it is good news that is now issued on the Shefa label, available from Worlds Records in the USA, as well as Amazon in the USA, France and Germany. Muldaur is best remembered for his fine guitar playing and singing back in the mid 1960s when jug band and old-timey music enjoyed a revival.
This album presents the four piano scores which Bill Challis transcribed from Bix's piano playing, as orchestrated by...