Back to Back (Acoustic Sounds): Vinyl LP 200topsellingUK2024 and the Turtle Island String

and the Turtle Island String Quartet

the utter brilliance of the then-teenaged bass phenom Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson

12    Bird on The Wire - Bill Frisell

These releases reproduce the sound of the original master tapes as faithfully as possible

and featuring powerhouse guest vocalist

Back to Back (Acoustic Sounds): Vinyl LP 200topsellingUK2024 and the Turtle Island StringSeveral times in his career star alto saxophone soloist Johnny Hodges struck out on his own, only to return each time to Duke Ellington's band. Critic Michael Ullman suggested that the blues classics chosen for this program may have been neutral ground, where Ellington's playing could come to the fore and Hodges' irrepressible sensuality could have free rein. This is one of the very best small group records Ellington ever made a perfectly integrated