Milcho Leviev- Music for Big Band & Symphony Orchestra (CD)
Bulgarian composer, arranger and jazz pianist Milcho Leviev was an innovative force in his homeland conducting the Bulgarian National Radio Big Band and as soloist and conductor of the Sofia and the Plovdiv Philharmonic. In 1970 he left Bulgaria for political reasons and moved to Los Angeles where he worked as composer, arranger and pianist for the Don Ellis Orchestra and Billy Cobham Band. He toured and made recordings with John Klemmer, Art Pepper, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland, Ray Brown, Charlie Haden and others, and was a founding member of Free Flight, the award winning jazz combo formed in the early 1980's. Presented here is Leviev's rare 1983 solo album "Music for Big Band And Symphony Orchestra" featuring such jazz heavyweights as Ray Brown, Peter Erskine, John Guerin, Abe Laboriel and others. All selections newly re-mastered.
Tracklist:
- Music For Big Band Symphony Orchestra (Riff Passacaglia / Blue Adagio / Fast Intermezzo / Fugue Dithiramb)
- Waltz For Maurice
- Isaac's Touchstone
- Bulgarian Boogie
- Sad, A Little Bit
UPC > 894231450624
Format > New CD
Label > Essential Media Mod
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Bulgarian composer, arranger and jazz pianist Milcho Leviev was an innovative force in his homeland conducting the Bulgarian National Radio Big Band and as soloist and conductor of the Sofia and the Plovdiv Philharmonic. In 1970 he left Bulgaria for political reasons and moved to Los Angeles where he worked as composer, arranger and pianist for the Don Ellis Orchestra and Billy Cobham Band. He toured and made recordings with John Klemmer, Art Pepper, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland, Ray Brown, Charlie Haden and others, and was a founding member of Free Flight, the award winning jazz combo formed in the early 1980's. Presented here is Leviev's rare 1983 solo album "Music for Big Band And Symphony Orchestra" featuring such jazz heavyweights as Ray Brown, Peter Erskine, John Guerin, Abe Laboriel and others. All selections newly re-mastered.
Tracklist:
- Music For Big Band Symphony Orchestra (Riff Passacaglia / Blue Adagio / Fast Intermezzo / Fugue Dithiramb)
- Waltz For Maurice
- Isaac's Touchstone
- Bulgarian Boogie
- Sad, A Little Bit
UPC > 894231450624
Format > New CD
Label > Essential Media Mod
Shop online at Darkside Records.
Follow us on Instagram.
