Laura Nyro - Trees Of The Ages: Laura Nyro Live In JapanA member of both the Songwriters and Rock & Roll Halls of Fame, Laura Nyro not only wrote songs that became hits for acts including The 5th Dimension, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Three Dog Night, Barbra Streisand, and many more, but has been cited as a major influence by Kate Bush, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Cyndi Lauper, Todd Rundgren, Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Wicked), and countless others. She recorded 10 studio albums (one released

combine compositional rigour with a flowing Italianate lyricism nurtured in the years 1888-89

Dan Pickett was a true musical chameleon

and probably one of his most famous works

It reverts to the cuts from the original version of the album

Although jazz was banned in Soviet Russia

a moment of cultural collision

" But it's not just the critics talking

and with notes written by Mick himself

Valentin Tournet brings his magnificent soloists and the Chapelle Harmonique to life in this latest Rameau jewel

with over 100 guest Olympia musicians

directed by Nicol Matt

His style may be loosely described as a fusion between his two brothers Carl Philipp Emanuel and Johann Christian: Galante Stil occasionally infused with daring harmonic and dynamic effects