Dave McDonnell Band - Time Inside a YearOne of Dave McDonnell's biggest takeaways from putting time in with dozens of outfits is a desire for his own music to be immediate and reactive, mindful of pulse and the body's innate rhythm but also cerebral. A groove oriented framework functions as rhythmic scaffolding for his complex harmonic motifs: witness the stacked polyrhythms on the hard driving "Bullitt" and lithe "Vox Orion," or the lively Latin feel of "Nodes of the Moon." "Brandywine" is

who are united in their scorn for love

mambo grooves

was central in promoting this new culture of domestic piano playing

featuring 16 vintage recordings from the early days of Country music

the depth and maturity the band have amassed in their later years is on full display

and regularly collaborates with Le Poeme Harmonique and Vincent Dumestre- but her constant accompanist is the harpsichordist Justin Taylor

Bassoonist Andrea Bressan (Principal

Albert Doyen wrote five Poèmes grecs

Concerto Koln gathers together the creme de la creme of baroque violin specialists

violinist Sarah Whitney

before ending with an invigorating finale that brings the inspiring album to a close

there are three tracks included on the Collectors Edition that did not appear on the 2005 release - an Intro track