If you have a drop of Scottish blood in your veins, this music will call out to you in well-wrought performances. By turns soulful and toe-tapping, Turner mixes some original melodies and a few of his own fine arrangements. One song ideal for the summer and picnics: Paul Eno's "In Bugdom, An Insect Episode."įinally, from Fiddle Tree Music in Chesterfield, Va., comes "The Wanderer's Lament," the 10th recording by John Turner, 10-time U.S. The New Columbia Brass are conducted by George Foreman (no, not the boxer) in a "musical menagerie from America's Golden Age." From 1900 to 1921 come old chestnuts like "Turkey in the Straw," "The Whistler and His Dog," Lincke's "The Glow Worm," Zez Confrey's "Kitten on the Keys" and the like. When you leave the bandstand, treat yourself to a picnic: a new Dorian CD (DOR 93201) titled "Teddy Bears' Picnic." The title comes from the charming piece by John Bratton.
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