Just Before I DoWhat do you get when your mother in law is convinced your fiance is trying to bewitch you into donating your kidney? You get a wedding interrupted and a lot of unpredictable events!

go on a musical journey to find moments of metanoia in the lives and works of composers such as Giacomo Puccini

Larry Grenadier (bass) and Jorge Rossy (drums)

and includes his recordings for the Abbott and RCA labels during those years

Bigger names include the rabble-rousing Edgar Broughton Band and kings of the festival freakout

" -Eric Bensel

to observe: When I heard Howlin' Wolf

To emphasize the operatic elements

and the Top 5 R&B hits "Ling Ling Tong" and "Close Your Eyes" plus the Top 20 hits "'Cause You're My Lover"

ranging from pure doo-wop through to rock 'n' roll and arrangements of Great American Songbook standards

The oboe parts are played by eminent oboist Vilém Veverka

He was one of the core musicians in Norman Granz's "Jazz At The Philharmonic" concerts

Although there were no record sales charts in those days