JAZZ
WYNTON MARSALIS recorded his symphonic paean to the joy of the blues, All Rise, the week after 9/11. ''The sessions had a feeling specific to that time. Some of the musicians were coming up saying 'Man, it's appropriate that we're playing this at this time.''' (10/1). On American Dreams, bassist CHARLIE HADEN performs ''America the Beautiful'' with Michael Brecker on sax (10/1). Keyboard wizard JOE ZAWINUL documents the present, Faces & Places (9/17), and the past, Weather Report: Live & Unreleased (10/1). RON CARTER, JIMMY COBB, GEORGE COLEMAN, and MIKE STERN, all former Miles Davis sidemen, join for 4 Generations of Miles (9/24). ALSO DUE GATO BARBIERI's The Shadow of the Cat, KERMIT RUFFINS' Big Easy, ABDULLAH IBRAHIM'S African Symphony, ELIANE ELIAS' Kissed by Nature, BOB JAMES' Morning, Noon and Night (9/24); DAVID S. WARE's Freedom Suite (10/1); TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON's Jazz Is Spirit; keith jarrett's Always Let Me Go (10/15); CHARLES LLOYD's Lift Every Voice (10/15); NORMAN BROWN, KIRK WHALUM, and Rick Braun team up for BWB's Groovin' (10/22).
CLASSICAL
Taking over the podium of the Berlin Philharmonic this fall, SIR SIMON RATTLE marks the occasion with a live account of Mahler's Fifth Symphony (11/5); VALERY GERGIEV and his Kirov Orchestra record Rimsky-Korsakov's Sheherazade and other Russian delights (10/8). Fans of tenor ANDREA BOCELLI can swoon over Sentimento (11/5); rival vocalist RUSSELL WATSON offers an Encore (10/1). YO-YO MA solos on Philip Glass' latest film score, Naqoyqatsi (10/8). Pop/classical string quartet BOND will Shine (10/15). ALSO DUE TAN DUN's Water Passion After St. Matthew (11/19).
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