Hobart Taylor

Hobart Taylor for KUCI 88.9 FM

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With thirteen recordings in the last eight years, this amazingly prolific composer writes music of sublime beauty and attracts musicians of the highest caliber to collaborate with her.
This project incorporates vocalists as well. Setting biblical psalms to music, a task undertaken by Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Leonard Bernstein, requires the ability not only to match and mold the cadences of ancient poetry, but also the ability to connect to the depth of prayer. Eckemoff does this but even more remarkable are the instrumental versions of the psalms found on a companion disc. These extended meditations are the purest expression of devotion to art as well as to god.

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Hobart Taylor for KUCI 88.9 FM Jazz Library

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Yelena Eckemoff – In The Shadow Of A Cloud – (L & H Records) 
[2 CD Set] 
Pianist/composer Eckemoff has lived in the U.S. since 1991, but the Moscow born and bred artist has kept close to her classical roots and Russian melodic heritage. These are compositions, not improvisations, yet they allow for freedom of expression within their structures. She works here with hard core jazz players, especially the renowned woodwind artist Chris Potter, and guitarist Adam Rogers, who share in taking hold of the tiller with Eckemoff while navigating these melodic shoals. The titles refer to specific places, moods, or natural events, a recurrent trope in her earlier releases as well. Close listening offers a world of rewards. 

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