#2392: Modern Jazz Pop Chamber Rock

New Sounds | May 24, 2010
The Four Bags, with trombone, accordion, guitar and clarinet or saxophone, are an adventure into chamber music by way of modern jazz, rock and pop. Hear music from their latest release, "Off Shore" on this New Sounds Program, along with the ambient foggy swells of Terje Rypdal and "After the Requiem" by Gavin Bryars. Plus, music from the ambitious new record by the Pat Metheny Group, "The Way Up."

PROGRAM #2392, Works with Electric Guitar (First aired on March 28, 2005)

ARTIST(S) RECORDING CUT(S) SOURCE
Pat Metheny Group The Way Up Part Three [16:00] Nonesuch #79876** www.nonesuch.com* OR www.patmetheny.com
The Four Bags Off Shore Ballad [6:00] NCM East #40122 ** www.ncmeast.com*
Terje Rypdal Odyssey Adagio [12:00] ECM #1067 / 1068 ** www.ecmrecords.com*
Gavin Bryars After the Requiem After The Requiem [15:00] ECM #1424** www.ecmrecords.com*

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