Clarence Penn - Dali in Cobble HillOn his long awaited follow up to his critically lauded 1996 Criss Cross debut, Penn's Landing (CRC 1134), and the equally powerful Play Penn(CRC 1201), from 2001, master drummer percussionist Clarence Pennpresents Dali in Cobble Hill, a meditation on how the iconic Surrealist painter might have digested a stroll through Penn's Brooklyn neighborhood. The eight originals and two standards incorporate a variety of moods, flavors, and strategies that

And who better to make a new recording of it than the current holder of the organ's titular post

he presents his first solo release

En Shao - Dettifoss / Cto for Organ Op

including those of lovely schoolteacher Louisa Glasson (Caroline Catz

drums like a China cabinet tumbling down a flight of stairs

it's a keepsake of the show you can thankfully hold onto for any and every Sunday

while accompanying herself on piano

The Washington Post review called the set "absolutely devastating

' - Boston Globe

bassist Bob Skeat and drummer Mike Truscott are first-rate musicians

Maciej Tubis - The Truth

Mikko Franck and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France here continue their collaboration with Alpha Classics