Silk Flowers - Days of ArrestSilk Flowers Days of Arrest

By the 1960s

Of note is "Lady Be Good" which finds Konitz and Rowles quoting Lester Young's solo from the 1936 recording with Count Basie

That long line of illustrious French organist/composers and improvisers is exemplified by César Franck and Charles Tournemire

he was fascinated but also puzzled

with the choral movement "One thousand years have already passed"

informal events in which the musicians engage actively with their audiences

This Super Deluxe 6 CD box set features the original albums fully remastered

Ten New Songs (2001) and Dear Heather (2004)

but The Book of the Hanging Gardens glistens and shimmers with a playful harmonic language which makes clear Schoenberg's roots in the Romanticism of Brahms and Zemlinsky

Amongst the string of hit singles

paving the way for such other rural comedy shows as Gomer Pyle U

and this selective compilation of her output in what was an important first decade or so of her career provides an entertaining showcase for her eclectic style and talents