Eddy Vanoosthuyse - Chamber Music with ClarinetAll things Mozart have been said and done, you'd think. Well, nothing could be further from the truth. The exegesis of the Mozart verse is a full time job to many. The works on this recording alone raise a bunch of questions of which several remain unanswered. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's story for clarinet and string ensemble hasn't been fully written yet. Part of it is voiced through some of the most often performed works in the repertoire. Still,

Beneke got permission from Miller's estate to form a "ghost band" in 1946

plus later solo recordings for the Excello and Black & White labels

There's something grim and foreboding about the place

layered vocals

When she stops at a cafe to ask for directions

performed by Angèle Dubeau and her ensemble La Pietà

is a collection of 12 Gillespie originals

Alexander Borodin as well as Johann Sebastian Bach

who was a pioneer of the Memphis blues style

This 56-track 2-CD set comprises a significant proportion of her A & B sides for Decca during this era

Many of the compositions are presented here for the first time in newly created arrangements

but only on throat-tearing gems like 'Juke Box Baby' and 'I Love Her Just the Same' can we hear the true Roddy in action