The Five Seasons

Eddie Daniels

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The Five Seasons Review

by Scott Yanow

This is an interesting jazz version of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. The great clarinetist Eddie Daniels performs with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (whose personnel and instrumentation is unidentified) plus pianist Alan Broadbent, bassist Dave Carpenter, and drummer Peter Erskine. The arrangements by Jorge Calandrelli put each of the seasons in three movements, alternating between straight classical interpretations and jazz improvising off of the melodies. Calandrelli also contributed a closing "The Fifth Season." Daniels plays brilliantly throughout, but the music comes across as a bit trivial, alternating between two very different idioms and rarely trying to mix them together. Better to get Eddie Daniels' Breakthrough album (which is a better third stream effort) instead.

Track Listing

Sample		Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
The Five Seasons
	1	Spring [Part 1] Eddie Daniels	Eddie Daniels	04:01	Amazon
	2	Spring [Part 2] Eddie Daniels	Eddie Daniels	06:53	Amazon
	3	Spring [Part 3] Eddie Daniels	Eddie Daniels	04:19	Amazon
	4	Summer [Part 1] Eddie Daniels	Eddie Daniels	08:14	Amazon
	5	Summer [Part 2] Eddie Daniels	Eddie Daniels	02:39	Amazon
	6	Summer [Part 3] Eddie Daniels	Eddie Daniels	03:59	Amazon
	7	Autumn [Part 1] Eddie Daniels	Eddie Daniels	08:12	Amazon
	8	Autumn [Part 2] Eddie Daniels	Eddie Daniels	02:41	Amazon
	9	Autumn [Part 3] Eddie Daniels	Eddie Daniels	05:17	Amazon
	10	Winter [Part 1] Eddie Daniels	Eddie Daniels	04:38	Amazon
	11	Winter [Part 2] Eddie Daniels	Eddie Daniels	02:07	Amazon
	12	Winter [Part 3] Eddie Daniels	Eddie Daniels	06:12	Amazon
	13	The Fifth Season Jorge Calandrelli / Eddie Daniels	Eddie Daniels	05:51	Amazon