ACP #22

This week on All the Cool Parts - we present Newspeak's brand new CD Sweet Light Crude, as well as interview the groups founder David T. Little.  We discuss music by composers Oscar Bettison, Stefan Weisman, David T. Little, Missy Mazzoli, Pat Muchmore and Caleb Burhans.  You can also purchase Sweet Light Crude HERE.

In addition, we present Carl Schimmel's Elemental Homunculi for saxophone and piano as part of our continuing All the Cool Parts Idol series.



http://www.anthonyjosephlanman.com/acp/acp22.mp3

ACP #21

This week on All the Cool Parts, we present Laureate Series #3 - classical guitarist Jerome Ducharme, winner of the Guitar Foundation of America International Guitar Competition in 2005.  I talk about the guitar world, and the music on the CD with our returning friend Dr. Jonathan Kulp.

Also, I am very happy to announce our first sponsor!  Tomas Borobia classical guitars is the first sponsor of All the Cool Parts Podcast!  Please check out his web site, which includes information on his wonderful guitars (of which I play), and free sound samples.  Check it out at www.latticeguitar.com

http://www.anthonyjosephlanman.com/acp/acp21.mp3

ACP #20

This week on All the Cool Parts, we present two different recordings of nuevo tango master Astor Piazzolla.  The first, a live recording from a 1982 concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina of Piazzolla's own quintet - the second, the 1997 recording The Soul of the Tango, featuring cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

Also, we present composer and improvisor Gregory Hall on this week's All the Cool Parts Idol.  I talk about improvisation in classical music, and we listen to Greg's classical piano improvisation Woodstock 8_14_10.  You can go to Greg's Soundclick site to hear more of his improvisations HERE, and visit Greg's personal web site HERE.

http://www.anthonyjosephlanman.com/acp/acp20.mp3

ACP #19

This week on All the Cool Parts - our very first edition of Hard Core Repertoire!!  I talk about music as language, and then get hard core with Pierre Boulez and the Ensemble InterContemporain.  We listen to their performances of Sur Incises, Messagesquisse and Anthems 2.  Open your ears and rock out to the hard core sounds of these awesome pieces!

Also, on this week's edition of All the Cool Parts Idol, we present composer David Farrell, and his 8BIT_CHACONNE.  


http://www.anthonyjosephlanman.com/acp/acp19.mp3

ACP #18

This week on All the Cool Parts, I'm presenting the 1995 Argo release Dance Mix.  This is a compilation CD of dance inspired pieces by living composers (except Mr. Bernstein).  I play excerpts from pieces by John Adams, Aaron Jay Kernis, Libby Larsen, John Harbison, Michael Torke, Robert Moran, Michael Daugherty and Christopher Rouse.

http://www.anthonyjosephlanman.com/acp/acp18.mp3

ACP #17

This week on All the Cool Parts, I'm taking you back in time 800 years to present the music of Perotin, performed by the amazing vocal quartet the Hilliard Ensemble.  During the show, I talk about the history of the music, as well as the style of music that Perotin wrote - mainly organum, discant and conductus.  I also talk about our source for information on Perotin, Anonymous IV.

http://www.anthonyjosephlanman.com/acp/acp17.mp3

ACP #16

This week on All the Cool Parts, we interview multi-talented guitarist Bert Lams and discuss his CD of music by Johann Sebastian Bach called Nascent.  We also discuss at length his background and training under the tutelage of prog rock guitar guru Robert Fripp and Fripp's guitar school called Guitar Craft.  Bert mentioned a few extensions of what has come out of Guitar Craft, including his own California Guitar Trio, and the Seattle Circle.

Bert was also kind enough to grant me an exclusive preview of the forthcoming California Guitar Trio album Andromeda, which is set for a September 2010 release.  We are pleased to be able to present the new track Hazardous Z from that album.

I also told the story of the first time I saw Bert in 1995 opening for King Crimson.  Here is the actual ticket stub from that show:

Yes, I know I'm a nerd.  

As always, we are looking for more All the Cool Parts Idol submissions, so musicians - please send! 

http://www.anthonyjosephlanman.com/acp/acp16.mp3

ACP #15

This week on All the Cool Parts, we present the second podcast in our Naxos Laureate Series with the CD of classical guitarist Denis Azabagic.  In this episode we are once again joined by ACP friend and favorite Dr. Jonathan Kulp, and we discuss and play guitar music from composers Federico Moreno Torroba, Augustin Barrios, Manuel Maria Ponce, Antonio Jose, and Carlos Rafael Rivera.

Also, Jon and I talked about many other people in the classical guitar community, so instead of having you all in the dark about who these people are, I thought I would list them and link their names to some information about them.  These people include:

Steve Kostelnik
Matthew Hinsley
Adam Holzman
Klondike Steadman
Andrew Zohn
Nicholas Ciraldo

Here is a video of Azabagic performing the Allegro Solemne movement of Barrios' La Catedral:



http://www.anthonyjosephlanman.com/acp/acp15.mp3

ACP #14

On this week's special 4th of July edition of All the Cool Parts, we are presenting the oft over-looked music of Carl Stalling, who wrote the music for Warner Brothers cartoons from 1938-1958.  I wanted to present something quintessentially American - something that would encompass the American experience, fireworks and childhood memories.  It was the perfect opportunity to talk about Stalling's brilliant and innovative scores for Warner Brothers cartoons.

Also on this week's edition of All the Cool Parts Idol, we present classical guitarist and composer Bret Williams, and his piece Head of Flowers that is wonderfully evocative of Summer.  You can learn more about Bret HERE.

http://www.anthonyjosephlanman.com/acp/acp14.mp3

ACP #13

This week on All the Cool Parts, I present the 2006 release of the Los Angeles Philharmonic of music by composers Arvo Pärt and Louis Andriessen.  I play and talk about excerpts from Pärt's Tabula Rasa and Andriessen's Racconto dall'Inferno as well as De Staat.


On this week's installment of All the Cool Parts Idol, I present composer/musician Charlie McCarron and music from his album The Mysteries of Grey Matters.

http://www.anthonyjosephlanman.com/acp/acp13.mp3