ANTHONY DAVIS-JAMES NEWTON QUARTET Hidden Voices silver label 1st press LP 1979
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ANTHONY DAVIS-JAMES NEWTON QUARTET Hidden Voices Silver Label 1st press LP 1979 Archival Sleeve Before writing Operas Anthony Davis made some incredible recordings in the late 70's for Gramarvision & India Navigation label.
Hidden Voices is an album by the Anthony Davis/James Newton Quartet recorded in 1979 for the India Navigation label
Before trying his hand at classical concertos and operas, Anthony Davis recorded a dozen albums between 1978 and 1986 (some of them collaborations, five of them still waiting for reissue on CD), all of them fine, some even great. Anyone into his music will know that this is one of his greatest
Pianist Anthony Davis, flutist James Newton, trombonist George Lewis, bassist Rick Rozie and drummer Pheeroan akLaff make for a potent and very exploratory team on a set of originals by Davis and Newton. The music is quite unpredictable and free in spots, yet does not neglect the use of melody and space. Thought-provoking performances.
James Newton From 1972 to 1975, together with David Murray, Bobby Bradford, and Arthur Blythe, Newton was a member of drummer (and later critic) Stanley Crouch's band Black Music Infinity. From 1978 to 1981, he lived in New York, leading a trio with pianist and composer Anthony Davis[1] and cellist Abdul Wadud. These three played extended chamber jazz and Third Streamcompositions by Newton and Davis. With Davis, Newton founded a quartet and toured successfully in Europe in the early 1980s. Afterwards, he performed with a wide variety of musicians, including projects by John Carter and the Mingus Dynasty. Newton has released four recordings of his solo improvisations for flute. Since the 1990s, Newton has often worked with musicians from other cultural spheres, including Jon Jang, Gao Hong, Kadri Gopalnath, and Shubhendra Rao, and has taken part in many cross-cultural projects.
Anthony Davis (born February 20, 1951)[1] is an American pianist and composer. He incorporates several styles including jazz, rhythm 'n' blues, gospel, non-Western, African, European classical, Indonesian gamelan, and experimental music.[2] He has played with several groups and is also professor of music at University of California, San Diego.
Davis is perhaps best known for his operas; he has been called "the dean of African-American opera composers."[3] His better known compositions include X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X,[1] which was premiered by the New York City Opera in 1986; Amistad, which premiered with the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1997; and Wakonda's Dream, which premiered at Opera Omahain 2007. His opera The Central Park Five premiered on June 15, 2019, at the Long Beach Opera Company in California. It won him a Pulitzer Prize for Music on May 4, 2020
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