The Blue Shroud
) | Label: INTAKT RECORDS Catalog: INT266 Format: COMPACT DISC GUY BLUE SHROUD BANDAn homage to the painting Guernica by Picasso, Barry Guy’s The Blue Shroud is dedicated to people of the Spanish town who fell victim to Nazi bombing during the Spanish Civil War. Using new music and jazz improvisational techniques, Guy transforms the poem by Irish writer Kerry Hardie into moving song, performed by vocalist Savina Yannatou. The New York City Jazz Record magazine said of the work after the premiere, “The work might just be the crowning achievement in the Englishman’s long and varied career.”  Price: $28.98 |