PATRICK BECKMAN’S “BIG” MUSICAL CELEBRATION WITH RICHARD STOLTZMAN

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Pianist/composer Patrick Beckman’s celebration of the Mississippi basin, Big Muddy Suite for Clarinet & Piano, is as musically diverse as the region it depicts. Beckman’s  last album Street Dance (2008, Produced by Bob Lord), was praised by Gramophone Magazine, stating “[His] craftsmanship is remarkable, and Beckman has the pianistic chops, as it were, to bring it all off.”

He is joined forces here by Grammy-award winning clarinetist Richard Stoltzman. Big Muddy is a romping chamber suite that defies traditional genre classification, blending classical, jazz, rock, and R&B into a unique and blissful musical experience. Stoltzman and Beckman take the through-written piece to greater depths with their improvisational flourishes throughout. The multi-dimensional Big Muddy is rounded out by exclusive photo and video footage from the Boston studio sessions, plus PDF study scores of the music heard on this CD.

Posted: June 2nd, 2009  |  1 Comment »

One Comment on “PATRICK BECKMAN’S “BIG” MUSICAL CELEBRATION WITH RICHARD STOLTZMAN”

  1. 1 Poespaphyless said at 2:57 am on January 2nd, 2010:

    Looks like you are a real expert. Did ya study about the topic? hrhr

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