Metamorphosis: Jazz Meets the Symphony


Metamorphosis: Jazz Meets the Symphony #4 is an album by Argentine composer, pianist and conductor Lalo Schifrin with bassist Ray Brown, drummer Jeff Hamilton, trumpeter James Morrison, percussionist Francisco Aguabella and the London Symphony Orchestra recorded in 1998 and released on Schifrin's Aleph label.

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "Lalo Schifrin's fourth attempt to merge symphonic and jazz conceptions takes a turn into dangerous waters, venturing into 20th century classical techniques and some of jazz's most challenging composers... Though one shouldn't use this disc as an entryway into the Jazz Meets the Symphony series, it is the boldest CD of the lot so far, unleashing the full resources of contemporary classical music and welding it firmly onto a jazz chassis".

Track listing

All compositions by Lalo Schifrin except as indicated
  1. "La Nevada" - 6:20
  2. "Sanctuary" - 6:17
  3. "Tosca Variations" - 3:54
  4. "Miraculous Monk: Evidence/Epistrophy/Four in One/Criss Cross/Straight, No Chaser/Well, You Needn't/Misterioso/'Round Midnight/Rhythm-A-Ning" - 13:48
  5. "Invisible City" - 5:51
  6. "Rhapsody for Bix: Davenport Blues/Royal Garden Blues/Singing the Blues/In a Mist/Rhapsody for Bix Theme/At the Jazz Band Ball/Jazz-Me Blues" - 23:47

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