Art Johnson & Dwayne Smith - Bartalk (CD)

Release Date: 09/29/17

'Music is an ever, changing universe of sound'. Art Johnson. Monaco. July 2017.

Music is an ever, changing universe of sound.  Dwayne and I have a lifetime partnership as purveyors of frequencies and their combinations:  the result this time is a tribute to a great composer who was never fully recognized in his lifetime - Bela Bartok. Guitarist and Violinist Art Johnson. Monaco. July 2017. When Art called me to do this project I was not in the best of moods.  He had to drag me, kicking, and screaming into the studio.  By the time we finished recording, it was my favorite album I'd ever done! Dwayne Smith, Needles California. July 2017. 'A Wonderful idea. Great harmonic, and textural sophistication. I can picture Bartok bar-talking!' Mark O'Connor - violinist/composer. As of 2020, both musicians have passed away but have left a classical legacy in these tracks: 1. Une Minute, 2. Faded Cherubs, 3. Bartalk, 4. St. Sulpice, 5. Too Many Guitars, 6. Bela's Break Down, 7. Stella's Madness, 8. Fresco of the Muse, 9. Ballade pour Chantal, 10. Le Petit Moulinsart, 11. 19th Century Nightmare, 12. 2nd Movement, Ravel's Sonatina, 13. Rue St. Paul, 14. Fatal Fugue, 15. Your Shoes Look Fine To Me, 16. Convictions, 17. Three Stages of Death, 18. Open Aire. All tracks published by ITI Music Corporation BMI.