Michael Pagan - Pags' GrooveEvery one of Michael Pagan's tunes on this recording reveals fresh, original ideas, brilliantly extended and developed. Each chart is clearly conceived, and while tonality prevails in Pagan's writing, it is often veiled by added note chords and chromaticism. His work is a model of big band arranging. In some ways his work suggests the Thad Jones school, although you can hear the influences of Bill Holman and Clare Fischer. He has put together an

All of the titles are his own transcriptions

Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's dark tale

Music for Violin & Piano

in every one of his works

John Baldwin

he had never approached his process with such ease

Kase-san and Morning Glories features the OVA directed by Takuya Sato

Guzheng (Kathy Qianqian Jin) and liuqin (Leng Yijing) ripple through Ki's life in China and katajjaq throat singing (Nina Segalowitz) evokes her life in Alaska

Acrobat has already showcased her work during the early 1940s with the orchestras of Gene Krupa and Stan Kenton ("Anita O'Day - The Early Years 1941-45" ADDCD3098)

she's a triple threat

LIME Beautiful Day2

complex dub and lush Down-tempo atmospheres