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The Betty Fox Band, 'Slow Burn,' Foxy Cavanagh Productions (REVIEW)
James Brandon Lewis, 'Days Of FreeMan,' Okeh Records (REVIEW)
In the 1940s, they said Dizzy Gillespie wasn't jazz. Sure it was. It just wasn't swing. Diz called it bebop. James Brandon Lewis, on 'Days Of Freeman,' is going to get the same critcism because he's using a 1990s hip-hop vocabulary. Is it jazz? Who cares? Mostly Mozart Festival 2015: Meet the Orchestra Videos, String Minutes
As the name implies, the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra is the resident ensemble of Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival. Thee premiere orchestra here in the States dedicated to performing the works of (mostly) the classical era, not surprisingly, it's composed of musicians local (New York Phil, Met Opera, Orpheus Chamber), national (Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, St. Paul Chamber) and certainly worldwide acclaim. Vote for your favorite MMFO string player--Laura, Shmuel, Alvin or Lou--below.