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George GERSHWIN (1898-1937) Gershwin For Trumpet: arrangements for trumpet and piano But Not for Me They Can’t Take That Away From Me The Man I Love How Long Has This Been Going On? Embraceable You A Foggy Day It Ain’t Necessarily So Love is Here to Stay By Strauss But Not for Me Juraj Bartos (trumpet) Peter Breiner (piano) Recorded Glenn Gould Studio, C.B.C., Toronto, June 1996 NAXOS 8.554302 [50.15]

Paul Breiner, pianist, composer (pupil of Alexander Moyzes in Bratislava) and also arranger is featured on Naxos with his Songs and Dances from the Silk Road, coupled with The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto. Here he joins with Juraj Bartos to form an all-Slovak duo in these straight-ahead jazz performances of Gershwin standards. The style is broadly contemporary-mainstream (there probably isn’t such a category in the notoriously schematic jazz camp but there is now). Classically trained though they are, both show strong - if diluted - jazz affinities, and lavish considerable care over texture and colour. That said I’m not sure what the Girl from Ipanema is doing introducing But Not for Me except it’s the kind of thing jazz musicians are prone to do (these two do it less than most). Juraj has a big tone, fine technique, plenty of ideas but can be a bit showy and is often inclined to play too many notes. Still he does use a wa-wa mute on They Can’t Take That Away From Me, digging in deep, with Breiner opening with some Garner-ish obscurities and big-spaced chording. I wish the trumpeter hadn’t showboated with quite so many strained high notes – it sounds conservatoire-fake to me. Breiner interjects some Bachian moments – try The Man I Love – and Bartos some bluesy ones on A Foggy Day. The trumpet-piano duo is a difficult one in jazz but the arrangements are generally well worked out and whilst the styles covered – vamp, gospel, blues, cocktail lounge, bop and straight ahead – might suggest musical kleptomania in fact they work out alright. Jonathan Woolf see also review by Patrick Gary Advertising Rates Visitor stats MusicWeb International has over 40,000 Classical CD reviews on offer Discs received Having a problem Donating? Gerard Hoffnung Concerts & The Bricklayer Story   New Releases New Releases   MusicWeb sells the Polish catalogue CDAccord £10.50 post free W-W MusicWeb sells the Arcodiva catalogue £12.00 post free W-W £11.75 post-free world- wide MusicWeb can now offer you discs from the following catalogues: Prices include postage [Acte Préalable £13.50] [Arcodiva £12.00] [Avie from £6.25] [British Music Society £12.00] [CDACCORD from £13.50 ] [ClassicO £12.50] [Hallé from £11] [Heritage £10] [Hortus £14.99 ] [Lyrita ONLY £11.75 ] [Nimbus Special prices] [Northern Flowers £13.50] [REDCLIFFE £11 ] [Sheva £11] [Tactus £11.50 ] [Talent from £12.00 ] [Toccata Classics £10.50 ] Musicweb Special Offers Monthly Best Buys     Google Ads - for information about privacy matters, click here.  Amazon Musicweb International is a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com

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