Dancing Worlds

About the Artist
John Sprague is an improvisational musician whose music derives from years working in the field of modern dance, and who is influenced by improvisational traditions from all over the world.

Product Description
Sunyata Productions is an independent artist-owned label, offering the musical recordings of John Sprague and friends. We specialize in improvisational music blending a wide range of influences from jazz, rock, new age, and world music. We offer cds designed for contemplative listening, creative movement, and modern dance classes. And we also offer the work of Tao Jam, John's jam rock band from Western MA.

Dancing Worlds,John Sprague,The Orchard,New Age / Meditation,Pop

When Worlds Collide: Inside Out Music Sampler Vol. 2

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When Worlds Collide: Inside Out Music Sampler Vol. 2
Various Artists , OSI / OSI [3:50] 02 Wicked / Symphony X [5:30] 03 Recreation Day / Evergrey [5:19] 04 Brand New (Edit) / Steve Hackett [3:34] 05 Conspiracy / Conspiracy [5:04] 06 High Moon / Star One [5:37] 07 Phenomenon / , Threshold [5:28] 08 Storm / The Devin Townsend Band [4:38] 09 Axis Of Evil / Derek Sherinian [6:08] 10 Dancing Ann / California Guitar Trio [3:35] 11 Monkey Business / The Flower Kings [4:24] 12 Sinking Sand , and Enchant [7:08] 13 Nature's Girl / The Jelly Jam [5:10] 14 The Bottom Line / Spock's Beard [7:33]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000MBMR5S

Product Description

Worlds Collide: Inside Out Music Sampler Vol. 2 Artist: Various Artists Year: 2003 Length: 1:12:57 Genre: General Metal Label: Inside Out Notes: When Worlds Collide: Inside Out Music Sampler Vol. 2 Tracks: 01 OSI / OSI [3:50] 02 Wicked / Symphony X [5:30] 03 Recreation Day / Evergrey [5:19] 04 Brand New (Edit) / Steve Hackett [3:34] 05 Conspiracy / Conspiracy [5:04] 06 High Moon / Star One [5:37] 07 Phenomenon / Threshold [5:28] 08 Storm / The Devin Townsend Band [4:38] 09 Axis Of Evil / Derek Sherinian [6:08] 10 Dancing Ann / California Guitar Trio [3:35] 11 Monkey Business / The Flower Kings [4:24] 12 Sinking Sand / Enchant [7:08] 13 Nature's Girl / The Jelly Jam [5:10] 14 The Bottom Line / Spock's Beard [7:33]

Carole Bogard: A Collection of American Songs

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beautiful songs
A flawless and fascinating recital

Carole Bogard: A Collection of American Songs

Manufacturer: Parnassus
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Just-Spring: Art Songs of John Duke

ASIN: B00005LPYJ
Release Date: 2001-06-26

Customer Reviews:

beautiful songs.......2007-05-09

A welcome reissue in CD format from old LP's of Carpenters compositions : song cycles of very well known lyrics. Particularly fascinating are the renderings of poems from "Gitanjali", a collection of poems by Rabindranath Tagore in English translated from original Bengali; a work that got Nobel prize in 1913 (Not the Pullitzer prize as mentioned in th accompanying text). The songs on lyrics/poems by other poets, all americans are just as beautiful. Well done.

A flawless and fascinating recital.......2005-04-14

This 2-CD set by soprano Carole Bogard is an absolute must-have for lovers of American songs, song recitals in general, or great singing. Culled from three long-out-of-print LPs and some performance tapes recorded for broadcast in Europe, it includes songs by Carpenter, Flanagan, Copland, Rorem, and the little-known Richard Cumming and John Woods Duke. And yet, there is not a single weak track on the entire set. Every song is interesting (something that cannot be said for many similar recitals recorded today), and each and every song is performed with musical acuity and an attention to words.

Particularly interesting, to me, were the songs by John Alden Carpenter. Largely neglected by modern singers and scholars, Carpenter wrote what many feel is the most successful fusion of classical music with jazz, the ballet tone-poem "Skyscrapers." It had the misfortune to premiere in 1924, the same year as Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue"; but whereas "Rhapsody" was more of a pastiche, "Skyscrapers" blends the jazz and classical aspects flawlessly, producing an exciting and well-crafted work that deserves a wider audience.

The Carpenter songs presented here are not jazzy, but they do reveal a greater depth of feeling and originality in construction than one hears nowadays from the songs of Andre Previn or Jake Heggie. And the other pieces are equally excellent.

I highly recommend this album, especially for Sunday afternoon or summertime listening...between the excellence of the songs and the excellence of Bogard's singing, you just melt into the music and become one with the warm, intimate feeling that this recital engenders.

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Music With a Beat
Journey into Dancing Worlds

Dancing Worlds
John Sprague
Manufacturer: The Orchard
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | New Age | Styles | Music

Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music

General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00004R5YK
Release Date: 2000-04-01

Tracks:

Prelude
Wind And Earth
The Village
Call Of The Muse
Swami's Dance
Nadagio
Dance Ground
Purple Beads
Worlds Above
In A Groove
Marindia
Evocation
Remembering Her Voice
Postlude: Peaceful World

Album Description

Sunyata Productions is an independent artist-owned label, offering the musical recordings of John Sprague and friends. We specialize in improvisational music blending a wide range of influences from jazz, rock, new age, and world music. We offer cds designed for contemplative listening, creative movement, and modern dance classes. And we also offer the work of Tao Jam, John's jam rock band from Western MA.

Customer Reviews:

Music With a Beat.......2000-03-09

This is great stuff, especially if you enjoy unique (Sprague writes almost all of the music he plays) music that uses percussion to draw you from one mood to another. I hope he does more like this.

Journey into Dancing Worlds.......2000-03-04

Dancing Worlds, by John Sprague, is a wonderful journey of sound and rhythm. I have used this CD for dance, for sacred ceremony, and for listening at home. It is high energy music that moves you and takes you travelling. Highly recommended.

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Colliding Worlds

Manufacturer: MGM Distribution
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CA756A
Release Date: 2004-11-30

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Music With a Beat
Journey into Dancing Worlds

Dancing Worlds

Manufacturer: Sunyata Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music

General | New Age | Styles | Music

General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music

General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00005O0PN
Release Date: 2001-08-01

Tracks:

Prelude
Wind and Earth
The Village
Call of the Muse
Swami's Dance
Nadagio
Dance Ground
Purple Beads
Worlds Above
In a Groove
Marindia
Evocation
Remembering Her Voice
Postlude: Peaceful World

Album Description

Customer Reviews:

Music With a Beat.......2000-03-09

This is great stuff, especially if you enjoy unique (Sprague writes almost all of the music he plays) music that uses percussion to draw you from one mood to another. I hope he does more like this.

Journey into Dancing Worlds.......2000-03-04

Meditation Music: