Passion Flower: American Art Songs by Ives, Price, Ellington, Strayhorn

Rebecca Shrimpton
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Vocalist Rebecca Shrimpton and pianist Herman Weiss celebrate the uniquely American confluence of classical music with jazz, blues, and other popular art forms. Featuring songs by Florence Price, William Bolcom, Paul Bowles, and Charles Ives, including his epic masterpiece “General William Booth Enters Into Heaven,” plus original arrangements of classically influenced “tone poems” by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.