Jim Gailloreto's Jazz String Quintet & Cheryl Wilson
Release Date: 17 November 2017
Label: Origin Classical
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 805553302225
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
Chicago saxophonist Jim Gailloreto's 'The Pythiad' is a multi-movement composition written for voice, string quartet, soprano saxophone and string
bass, performed by his Jazz String Quintet and featuring jazz vocalist Cheryl Wilson. Blending classical music and modern jazz, Gailloreto interweaves
improvisation with skilled post-impressionistic modernist writing through nine movements, each framing the tales of lesser know Greek heroes with
contemporary language, metaphors, and slang; their story being transformed for a modern audience. Old myths are mixed with tropes of '80s action
cinema, video games, disaster films, as well as the lyricist's perspectives of medicine, athletics, gender and faith. Through story and song, each
movement examines human nature and heroism, and all the imperfections underneath the surface.
Tracklisting
arx duo
Naama Liany
Michael Waldrop
Josh Nelson
Jim Gailloreto's Jazz String Quintet & Cheryl Wilson
Emi Meyer
Dan Dean
Corey Christiansen
Sultan Stevenson
John Patitucci
Tommy Whittle & Alan Barnes
Xhosa Cole
John Clayton & Mulgrew Miller
George Cables
Sylvaine Helary & Orchestre Incandescent
The Exu
