MUSIC LIST,
CHRISTMAS REGDRD SELECTION
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Murray remains at the cutting edge of contemporary saXophone playing. even if he has moved to a more mainstream style over the years. State of the art smallgroup
other parts their softest LP. It‘s also their best. and the one that will {ia- continue REM‘s stage-by-stage
first record with the orchestra. the Wilson marks only the start of an ongoing programme of recordings with Scottish
climb from college radio favourin in“. composers. With soloist l)avid Wilde. the _ V ‘ I. g ‘ _. ' to megastars. IHenryThreadgilI:Slip EasilylntoAnother {Limel'f'fimf‘l‘ff"“‘9“ "Pfcnfilf , “ " ‘ '"'.‘ ' " . . I Melissa Etheridge: Melissa World (.Vm'usI'l'hreadgill continues to Lstablishcdat t ieotitsct. t ic ore icstra IThe Proclaimers. Sunshine on Lallh Em .d ‘ . 1' )1 -- - s 1' l \ i ..l .l . _ bringing quite different moods. and (Chrysalis) A brave statement ol'identity "l 9.8 (Alum!) NO! the mom I u (-1.1% human [ Rhinitis mum} “Unslcrlum “lnmSPhUiC in "mm" and intent. a passionate. movingand wph'sncmul album 0f the year ‘ mum m “um m” “t I k hung I Rattle/CD'SD/CBSD
avant-garde. both with the trio Air and. as here. his inimitable Sextett.
I Dave Holland Trio: Triplicate (1:111!) A hugely inventive. hard-edged trio set to rival the Murray one from bassman
fulfilling album, acoustic-based bar-room songs. sung by someone who probably smokes too much. Even so. great songwriting carries the whole
Chorus/Baker/Mitchinson/Shirley-Duirk: Elgar— The Dream oi Gerontius (liMl (1187495492) Rattle's Mahler 2 is certainly well worthy of its award as
project. especially on tracks like Holland. abetted by alto saxophonist ('rmln(;1ph(l))nc ‘ Rifilwltrlith; \ :a‘rs‘tlxgu ( hrome Plated Heart and Similar Steye( olemaii and drummerJack “m -\ '8 .” . ‘ ‘ ‘ . contender. So much lzlgar. excellently ‘ Features ' DLJUhncnu r‘corded withstrong singingfromthe I I Nana Grimm: Lime Love Anai's gout“ winbgmn grczesua: The (L‘BSO (‘liorus and what team ols‘olois‘ts " ' v . .. . anon- e ster an rR i w ‘ “ ‘ "' " _ .1 f (WK A) Not her best album. but Kin-Mm“: In“ mm] mg '83”, fails?“ Not sogood on value though. A double - 7 none the less a wonderful collection ‘ ‘ . ~ ' . ‘. ” ‘ album. with the first (‘1) lastingonlv37 ._ . featuring Blaiiton s revolutionary bass . ‘ ' I - ~ ()hcmicr‘ cmmmmll songs' Pl’lHllL‘ ind \Vebster "sclcg'int 'ilniost mmmcs' - A. I Anita Baker: You the 888‘ That boppisli sa\oplionc. both iihcad ofllteir IVBaTG'T727(%SC?.}?0:71Tlapfrggszlas °~ I’ve Got (lzlektru) Proving the time btit then. the Duke usually was. A l' ["1 m'x' ‘ ..) ( p .- . — i -"— - ..‘ _- ‘ . , ' . bad cold. Mr (iimenez recently performed _‘ » Impossible by followmg up Rupture companion set. Black. Brown and Beige. I ) , “n Tim.” “Chm, 1‘ pm “mu. , I \ L, “a. I with an equally good album‘ the” is from later in the decade. is almost asgood. “any”; \‘C,l\(‘)n .H‘m h him 1" hi‘ lThe suQarwbes (om, I‘m/p India") "0 duum that Baker has thc hc-‘t .lJtlmn 3mm": anate Lue ([11!) ’I‘hisls escst. wonderful voice- warm. rich and “crth 'mngumg‘ "MW and Cynical a” SOUI'gmpCl “)icc Of the Eightics' I 1: kg! m [tthmLt‘it S‘mlwm'umfit \rLiccm dramatic. with the Rossini hiin notesnot i .. z - .1 ; . . - , . ‘ soo )l'U ee s. ea urin' ii. in ‘z ‘ ‘ . f . " “m. "‘d “WE ‘PP “Sm” “PW”!- I Tracy Chapman. Tracy Chapman , l ' , . ~L ‘ m“ "“ -‘. seeming to pose toomucliofaproblcm. backwardg‘ the ( uhcg hung a \\ hrle nc“ lilyL'lL‘Ll. lt)lh-fll1gC(lfCCLlillMlSylHllCSlZCl‘ ‘
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yuppie status symbol seems to have . Cecit Tayimunir Live in Bologna ,, m, mom m" Tnn'las “"1,” I" ’ “(1%?”1'6 - .. ' ‘ ~. --'~ -' i l'l ObSCUer the quill!” 0f the l ay lor is best known for his solopiano Hm[11"55f‘55ll']g_'l]tl]L umluu i“ _ _ - - ~ , ,' ' . ' Mass for lrimtv Sunday asit would have 50ml“ r1t1n2|n\()l\€d~ but his music with the 1 mt oy er the years . ' . '~ - I Bhan Wifson. Brian Wilson | I . l . ,- been in the composer s lifetime in the . . . . ias lLlT‘ltlllTLL consistently cliallcrigingand Carly mm century. splendidlyglmmux (RV/’H-W) In ‘1 .‘Cdr “ he” "Id h'l’plc“ ‘9'“) "131' U‘HUP‘mmn [’“L "0191"" performance from Andrew l’arrott and his crawled out of the woodwork and set has lust ken issue d on the same label. Smilch TC“ Primal in m“ in
fought for 21 plllCC on Wired. \‘Vilson‘s Pharoah Sanders ouanet A'rlca , accompanying booklel. (lime/ms) \ ibrant return to form for ' ‘
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good songs and musical I Drnette Coleman & Prime Time: Virgin
performances. Beauty (CBS) Surprisingly accessible set
I Steve Earle; Copperhead Road lrom the head liarmolodicist.diffusing P
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