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Valarie Morris
Valarie Morris: Reeding Between The Lines
by Joel Roberts
This is certainly one of the more interesting CDs to find its way into my mailbox in a while. Valarie Morris is a San Francisco Bay Area composer/multi-instrumentalist who writes in an wide assortment of styles for a wide variety of ensembles. There are pieces here for solo piano; piano and voice; accordion and marimba; five saxophones; and, yes, five accordions.
As you might have guessed, this is not, strictly speaking, a jazz recording. It's more of a musical stew ...
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