Francis Lockwood - Minton's Blues Fulfilled By FYE Elsa Dreisig sings arias allocated

Elsa Dreisig sings arias allocated to three different characters in each of these operas

and leading his own ensemble incorporating jazz

Hair bristle on the heads of those who remember the musical past of the The Contemporary Noise Ensemble members

"Of old night and winter"

his creativity has extended across more than two decades of the label's releases

Francis Lockwood - Minton's Blues Fulfilled By FYE Elsa Dreisig sings arias allocatedAn exceptional pianist and invaluable composer, Francis Lockwood is a musician not to be ignored. He owes his success to the rich harmonies in his playing, with a wide variety of references borrowed not only from jazz but also rock and classical music. This album celebrates New York's jazz from the Forties to the Seventies, and swerves from bebop a tribute to the famous Minton's Playhouse club with Minton's Blues to the later hard bop and soul jazz