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 Standouts 2009
 

The best of AIM's recent musical wanderings -
"One-stop shopping meets instant-gratification" - Santa Cruz, California
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December 2009

bulletMusic friend and concert violinist Simon Hewitt Jones is once again on the cutting edge of music technology. Now he's offering violin lessons world-wide through Skype. "I was really surprised at how clear and easy it is to work with someone over a connection, regardless of where they are," Simon wrote AIM from London. "I've been testing it with someone in Australia and it's almost like they're in the next room! It's really quite extraordinary how fast the way we do things is changing, thanks to the internet!" Follow the 'Learn Violin' link on Simon's blog - http://www.simonhewittjones.com/blog/learn-violin.html
 
bulletJersey Boys - This is a great show! A musical based on the life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons from the 1960s. The story contains the usual personality conflicts between bandmates, to be sure, but some real pathos as well - the death of a child, trouble with the mob, etc. The music still sparkles after all these years. Try the selections by The Four Seasons in the player below. There are also two cast recordings available on Amazon. Find show dates at http://www.jerseyboysinfo.com/ (buy through Ticketmaster and AIM can give back to music)
 
bulletRagtime pianist and music historian Max Morath researched piano rags by women composers and came up with a good one in 'Pickles and Peppers' by Adaline Shepherd written in 1906

 
bulletOld Favorite - My Johnny Was a Shoemaker, an old English ballad impeccably rendered by the John Renbourn Group

 

 

November 2009

bulletContemporary Classical - Daniel Schnyder Subzero; Concerto for Bass Trombone: Zoom Out. I saw this composer in concert recently. Maybe I was just taken with his black leather pants or the electric-green striped socks, but a 'dead European' musty bust he is not. Rhythm is what will distinguish the classical music of the 21st century, he told the audience. For more contemporary classical, check out the special guests on AIM Radio this month.

 
bulletDiscovery Revisited - French jazz bassist Renaud Garcia-Fons has several wonderful albums. This is unquestionably the best pop music AIM has heard in years - so lyrical and inventive. Featured this month - the album Fuera



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bulletJazz/World Fusion - Bubbles, Cadence, and Then Again by Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer

 

 
bulletWorld - Les Voisins is evocative pop from the French ensemble Les Wriggles. AIM will definitely be exploring this group further
 
bulletOld Favorite - Jean-Luc Ponty Mouna Bowa - Afro-Jazz fusion. This one made it into a car commercial
 & ENJOY AIM'S OTHER OLD FAVORITES IN THE PLAYER BELOW
 

October 2009

bulletThe ever-delightful Max Morath has a new novel I Love You Truly based on the life of eminent songwriter and music publisher Carrie Jacobs-Bond (1862-1946)
"Morath brings to everything he touches a keen intelligence and encyclopedic knowledge of every aspect, musical and otherwise, of late 19th and early 20th century Americana." - New York Post
 SAMPLE JACOBS-BOND'S GREATEST HITS IN THE PLAYER BELOW



 
bulletDiscovery Revisited - French jazz bassist Renaud Garcia-Fons has several wonderful albums. This is unquestionably the best pop music AIM has heard in years - so lyrical and inventive. Featured this month - the album Oriental Bass



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bulletMore clever pop from France - La Fiancee by Tigre Mercenaire


 
bulletI Want You Back - catchy a'cappella with strong cross-rhythms from MySpace friend Sonos


 
bulletOld Favorite - Moody Blues Nights in White Satin
 & ENJOY AIM'S OTHER OLD FAVORITES IN THE PLAYER BELOW


 

September 2009

bulletDiscovery Revisited - The Brasil Guitar Duo's recording of Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Music for Two Guitars, an AIM Discovery, is now complete with the recent release of Volume 2. Sample the cuts in the player below, and visit here for more on the composer and his life.


 
bulletRock - Kasabian's Underdog from the West Ryder album, a finalist for U.K. Album of the Year


 
bulletWorld - Styrman by Fågel Roc, "A Swedish Band from all over the World"

 
 
bulletOld Favorite - Claude Bolling's Suite for Flute & Jazz Piano with Jean-Pierre Rampal topped the charts for two years and stayed a best-seller for 10 years.