| Windward Passages | ||||
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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | September 13, 1979 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | hatART | |||
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Windward Passages is a live album by jazz pianist Dave Burrell that is considered "a widely acclaimed jazz-opera."[1] It was recorded on September 13, 1979 in Sweden and released by hatART Records in 1980 on double-LP. hatART released the album again on LP in 1986 and then on CD in 1994.
The album was Burrell's first collaboration with his wife, Monika Larsson, who was a Swedish writer and librettist at the time. Burrell conceived this full-length operatic album as his reply to land development in Hawaii, which was where he was raised.[2] The live performance included various vocal singers, a 21 piece orchestra, dancers and a chorus. At first, Burrell had trouble convincing some vocalists to perform with him because of how fast he played as a jazz pianist; one such example was Hilda Harris of the Metropolitan Opera who told him "I can sing it, but you're playing much too fast."[2]
- ^ Glenn Astarita. "Recital". Retrieved 2007-01-03.
- ^ a b Matt Rand (April 5, 2003). "Pianist Dave Burrell". Retrieved 2007-01-03.