Ralph Peterson - Fo'tet AugmentedFor his fourth disc for Criss Cross, drummer leader Ralph Peterson has reconstituted the Fo'tet, his critically acclaimed forward looking quartet featuring vibraphonist Bryan Carrott. Founding member clarinetist Don Byron returns after a nearly 15 years hiatus to revisit the group's truly unique, original sound. Percussionist Eguie Castillo augments the band to help it fuse Latin rhythms into the mix, including a Puerto Rican plena arrangement of Joe

where the harpsichord accompanies the recorders' flights of fancy

Mr Muthaf*ckin' eXquire has become one of the driving forces behind the ongoing Brooklyn hip-hop renaissance

Emilie Mayer wrote her eight symphonies between 1845/46 and (at the latest) 1857

the Verona Quartet is the recipient of one of chamber music's most distinguished honors

These recordings feature US Country Top Ten 45s such as 'You Will'

Mozart and Beethoven in which the two pianists muse almost to themselves at times

Every time I perform their music on the piano

he reluctantly agrees

fuzz pedals and Farfisas as recorded from Tennessee to Florida between '65 and '71

together with composers Pavel Haas and Hans Krása

Then director Spike Jonze (ADAPTATION) and writer Charlie Kaufman (ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND) have the movie for you

in his other great song cycle