Twelve Songs By Charles Ives (2009)

Product Summary Label: Winter And Winter UPC: 00025091014729 Release Date: 2/10/2009 Buy.com Sku: 210728729 Item#: M4KTCL Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Songs My Mother Taught Me ~ Theo Bleckmann/Kneebody 2. Feldeinsamkeit / In Summer Fields ~ Theo Bleckmann/Kneebody 3. At the River ~ Theo Bleckmann/Kneebody 4. Cage, The ~ Theo Bleckmann/Kneebody 5. Weil' Auf Mir / Eyes So Dark ~ Theo Bleckmann/Kneebody 6. Serenity ~ Theo Bleckmann/Kneebody 7. In the Mornin' ~ Theo Bleckmann/Kneebody 8. Housatonic At Stockbridge, The ~ Theo Bleckmann/Kneebody 9. See'r, The ~ Theo Bleckmann/Kneebody 10. New River, The ~ Theo Bleckmann/Kneebody 11. Like A Sick Eagle ~ Theo Bleckmann/Kneebody 12. Waltz ~ Theo Bleckmann/Kneebody   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Composer: Charles Ives. Composer: Charles Ives. Theo Bleckmann: Theo Bleckmann; Adam Benjamin (piano); Kaveh Rastegar, Nate Wood, Shane Endsley, Ben Wendel. Personnel: Ben Wendel (tenor saxophone); Shane Endsley (trumpet); Kaveh Rastegar (acoustic bass); Nate Wood (drums). Charles Ives's songs were underappreciated when he was alive; some of his biggest admirers are people who discovered his music long after his death--and one of them is New York singer Theo Bleckmann, who pays tribute to the American composer on TWELVE SONGS BY CHARLES IVES. Combining avant-garde jazz with elements of cabaret and avant-garde classical, Bleckmann, accompanied by the ensemble Kneebody, puts his own spin on Ives's compositions, giving them 21st century makeovers. In fact, someone who heard this 58-minute CD without knowing anything about Ives's life might be surprised to find out that "Weil auf Mir" goes back to 1902 or that "At the River" was written in 1916. TWELVE SONGS BY CHARLES IVES is not only one of Bleckmann's most intriguing albums--it is also one of his most consistent.   Compilation Appearances Las Vegas Rhapsody Berlin:songs Of Love And War Peace An Moss Twelve Songs By Charles Ives   Associated Artists and Works Las Vegas Rhapsody - The Night They Invented ~ Yasuda, Fumio   Technical Info Release Date : 02/10/2008 Original Release Date : 2009 Catalog ID : 147 Label : Winter & Winter Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00025091014729   Professional Reviews Down Beat (p.74) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "On `The New River,' Kneebody nails the Ivesian collage mentality....Another water song, `At The River,' starts by presenting its melody in a hypnotic ambient setting..."    Related Videos Randy Jackson: Randy Jack...