Digital sound restoration is in the safe hands of Ted Kendall, proving once again that the dusty grooves of those old 78s contained more magical sounds than we realised at the time. The Vivian Ellis selection from his hit show "Bless The Bride" is a real gem. It would be hard to imagine a better choice of pianists than this, and this recent collection from Memoir will find its way into the hands of many appreciative piano lovers. MORE BEWITCHING PIANO Eddie Heywood – Sweet and Lovely, Who’s Sorry Now Steve Race – So in Love Ben Light – Perfidia, Tea For Two Carmen Cavallaro – They Can’t Take That Away From Me, Some Enchanted Evening Frankie Carle – Running Wild, Sunrise Serenade Semprini – Kitten on the Keys Stanley Black – Falling in Love with Love Vivian Ellis – "Bless the Bride" selection plus Diana Lynn, Jan August, Barclay Allen, Carroll Gibbons, Felix King, Ian Stewart, Frankie Froba and Eddy Duchin – 24 tracks Memoir CDMOIR 571, 76:38 mins. David Ades Bliss CDs are available from the RFS Record Service for £14 each. The booklet notes are in German and English, and I have no hesitation in saying that this new CD is going to give a lot of pleasure to folks who enjoy tuneful big band music from a few decades ago. The recordings date from 1956 to 1977, and they seem to come from all the top radio stations in Germany. Not so! The likes of Kurt Edelhagen, Delle Haensche, Alfred Hause, Horst Jankowski, Erwin Lehn, Werner Müller and even Britain’s Reg Owen, all have a ball playing Werner’s great tunes. The music simply bounces along happily from track to track, with some great big band sounds from various German radio orchestras that may well come as a pleasant surprise to collectors who think that the Americans (and perhaps a few British outfits) had a monopoly in this area. This time the emphasis is more on dance and swing music, and once again Werner demonstrates that he is a master of this as well. Many readers of this magazine will already be familiar with Werner’s tuneful melodies through earlier Bliss Records releases, and they will be aware of his talent for composing bright and tuneful works that are so easy on the ear. Werner Tautz celebrated his 80 th birthday last December, and this great collection of 25 of his compositions is a worthy tribute. (Germany) Bliss Records BRA 10011, 77:15 mins. She came to prominence while touring with Sister Rosetta Tharpe in the 1940s and singing hits such as "Beams of Heaven." Her manager says she died Sunday at a Harlem nursing home of complications from pneumonia.WERNER TAUTZ – Time for Music Bing Bang, The Better Idea, On the Road South, Your Tenderness, Piccadilly Walk, Portrait of a Dream, Black Velvet, Tokyo Tea Time, etc… 25 tracksVarious German Orchestras. Gospel legend Marie Knight has died in New York City at age 84. Tabloid reports have linked Rimes, 26, with actor Eddie Cibrian, who filed for divorce from his wife of eight years last week. LeAnn Rimes and Dean Sheremet are getting divorced. 11, they play the Guelph Jazz Festival, St. respectively, tickets $22 in advance at ticketweb.ca. 12 and 13 mark Ethiopian New Year's at the Polish Combatants Hall, 206 Beverley St., 9 p.m. Kunzel, 74, who was leader of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra since it was founded in 1977, was diagnosed with liver, colon and pancreatic cancer in April but continued conducting while undergoing treatment.Ī second show has been added for star Ethiopian saxophone player Getatchew Mekuria and The Ex, an improvisational punk-rock band established in 1979 in Amsterdam. The award-winning conductor died yesterday in Maine. Conductor Erich Kunzel, who led the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's pop series for more than 30 years, "was an enticing, charming and witty leader, who gave himself always and completely to the performance" TSO music director Peter Oundjian said in a statement yesterday.
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