Neal Francis - Changes - TealI just wanted to be honest about everything, from my musical influencesto my story," muses Neal Francis. After years of dishonest living consumed by drugs, alcohol, and addiction such sincerity is jarring fromthe 30 year old Chicago based musician. Liberated from a selfdestructive past and born anew in sobriety, Francis has captured aninspired collection of songs steeped in New Orleans rhythms, Chicagoblues, and early 70s rock n' roll. There is a deep

It includes titles from his albums "Hank Jones Piano"

They illuminate in turn the more intricate polyphony of the fantasias and tientos composed by a shorter-lived contemporary

This great-value 53-track 2-CD set comprises most of her A & B sides on the RCA-Victor

He remains an innovator

" as Messiaen writes

includes How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away

Their concerts are lively

I could be wild and unlimited in expression in Liszt

Recorded in the beautiful Besedni Dum

A magic floats above everything [encompassing the whole work]

The B Side "Grateful" is a thick

as Maxado and Rice have never stopped working together for almost 20 years