Spencer Brewer and Paul McCandless leverage their own considerable talents with plenty of sidemen to give your ears a treat. Tight rhythms with smooth, delicate, and soothing instrumentlal pleasure. This album features a mass of renown and multi-talented musicians.
"Solo piano music containing beautiful melodic compositions ranging in style from light contemporary jazz to richly textured lyrical expressions of visual imagery. This is a passionate album of deeply felt, subtle music..."
~ MusD, All Music Guide
Great music produced by a panoply of great instrumentalists. Inspired performances with remarkably rich orchestration in the new age genre and beyond. After listenting, it is certainly no surprise that this album reached #1 on the charts!
Spencer Brewer’s magical touch is used to great advantage on this loving and lovely album which helped propell Dorian's Legecy to #1 on the charts. It is dedicated to his son and has an innocent childlike quality throughout.
Passionate expression by master musicians playing uplifting melodies. It doesn’t get much better than this.
ROMANTIC INTERLUDES contains some of the most stirring and heartfelt music I have ever composed . . . Spencer Brewer
". . . one of the finest acoustic ambient albums of all time. It is also, like all of the Tingstad & Rumbel discs, timeless." ~ Jim Brenholts, All Music Guide
If two sounds ever complimented each other in perfect harmony, it would have to be solo piano and ocean surf. Virtuosos Kostia and Spencer Brewer perform an original script on the ivories while nature sounds embrace the pensive mood.
A brilliant collection of piano solos by Spencer Brewer , Marilynn Tollefsen, Michael Coughenour and Tom Ganoung. These pieces range from light and humourous to deep and dramatic and yet there is a consistancy of ambience across the whole collection that is evocative yet peaceful. Never trivial—pure pianoforte.
“. . . this CD maintains a smooth, calming effect and defies categorization. All four composers are seasoned and very accomplished . . . I loved the album from the first listen, and found that I enjoyed it more and more, hearing something new each time.”
Reviewed by Kathy Parsons in Solo Piano Publications
The fascinating result of two brilliant musicians experimenting with non-traditional recording techniques. Pleasing, entertaining, and elegantly dramatic.
Drive Time features the many facets of smooth jazz, the sensuous mix of contemporary and pop's infectious melodies and beat highlighted by the instrumentation and solo performances that are the hallmark of jazz.
Drive Time is the perfect album to begin or expand your smooth jazz collection - to share with others or for those intimate, private moments of rejuvination.
A great compilation of the top piano artists from Narada records, leader in new age music. Features 14 pieces from such artists as Michael Jones, Ira Stein, Wayne Gratz, Spencer Brewer, Kostia, Nancy Rumbel, and more, and comes complete with bios. Every track delights each in its own way.
A sampler celebration of wind and reed instruments with all new-music composed by David Arkenstone, Nancy Rumbel, Michael Gettel, Nando Lauria, Ralf Illenberger and others. These exquisitely beautiful contemporary compositions feature oboe, saxophone, flute, ocarina, English horn, clarinet, and bassoon.
That universal chord of humanity that poets write about reverberates in Sir Andrew's melodies. From the steely courage of "Don't Cry for me Argentina", to the soulful lament of "I Don't Know how to Love Him", this premier collection of show stoppers unleashes Andrew Lloyd Webber's breathtaking emotive range in the theatre of your mind with ocean, wind, and wildlife playing supporting roles.
Summer. A few hours after sunset. The wolrd slows as darkness sets in and the heat of the day releases its hold. The air is soft and fragrant. Now comes the time to unwind and relax. The peaceful sounds of nightfall meld with sultry piano and saxophone melodies in this relaxing audio portrayal of a still, summer night. Features Fred Simon, Spencer Brewer, and Paul McCandless
Kit Walker, a San Francisco based keyboardist/composer, has long been inspired by a deep love of the Beatles' music and their innovative sound. A professional musician since high school, Walker has an extended education on pipe organ, piano, and jazz improvisation.
Canis Lupis, the Gray Wolf or Eastern Timber Wolf, is the icon for wild and mysterious, both in folk lore and in the wilderness world of today. It is these two attributes that Blues Wolf projects, both in the music and in the wolf vocalizations.
"In preparing for this project, I fell in love with the music of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys. These songs have a poignant lyricism that I especially want to convey and brilliant songcraft that I hope to illuminate." - Fred Simon
The unforgettable melodies of the Beatles join with the voices of nature to create a collection that will renew the spirit and stir the imagination. The keyboard arrangments of Kit Walker provide perfect accompaniment to the sounds of the forest, the ocean, and birds.
It was the decade of love, and the proof is in the music. Now you can fall in love all over again with these romantic instrumental interpretations of the greatest love songs of the sixties. Relive the decade's most touching melodies, performed straight from the heart. If "All you Need is Love," then this is the collection for you!
While other composers are perpetually linked with one score that becomes their signature, Andrew Lloyd Webber treats us to masterpiece after masterpiece from curtain's rise to curtain's fall. Jesus Christ Superstar. Evita. Phantom of the Opera. The Requiem. All these box office record breakers are represented in this original, imaginative Impressions superstar collection no Broadway music lover should be without.
The music of Simon & Garfunkel, their classics and other favorite tunes, creat a perfect harmony when combined with the sounds of nature. Alex de Grassi's skillful guitar arrangements are accompanied by the melodies of songbirds and the glorious voices of the wonders of the earth.
...an adventure in nature and music that will take you fromm whereever you are to whereever you would rather be. Kit Walker performs solo arrangments of classic Beatles' songs ontop of the soothing canvas of the sounds of nature.
This is Kostia's acoustic grand piano and keyboard tribute to the man he calls "One of the greatest composers in the history of 20th century pop music." Combining Kostia's keyboard interpretation with Daryl Stuermer's souldful guitar and a hint of nature's own music, makes for a tribute as grand as elton himself.
The carols included on this album are traditional Latin, French, German, English, American, and Russian compositions that have traveled the world from generation to generation and nation to nation in honor of the history and prophecy of the season.
Indulge yourself with the gentile and familiar romance of this instrumental tribute to Frank Sinatra. Blending the unique piano euphony of Konstantin "Kostia" Efimov with the emotive voice of Paul McCandless' tenor saxophone, you'll be taken to the timeless world of valued friendships, passionate living, and unforgotten love.
The music of Carole King, like a letter fromm an old friend, reopens the door to favorite places and forgotten dreams. Reminiscent of a soft rain on a Sunday morning, Barbara Higbie's contemplative piano interpretation whispers of a quiet space for rediscovery.
Relax to the soothing piano solos of Russian-born, Konstantin "Kostia" Efimov, as he performs his interpretations of some of Billy Joel's most loved songs. Many songs from early in his career to some newer favorites. Billy Joel is probably more noted for his wonderful storytelling lyrics, but here Kostia explores the very heart and foundation of the songs, which are the outstanding melodies.
