GLENN JENKS: Invitation to the Danza

Glenn Jenks

Invitation to the Danza

© 1999 Glenn Jenks (703557201127)

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A delightful blend of Latin-American and romantic piano sensibilities, of old and new music, this collection of danzas, waltzes and Terra Verde is played by ragtime and classical composer/pianist Glenn Jenks.

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This collection of danzas, waltzes, Terra Verde and other syncopated specialties is played brilliantly by ragtime and classical composer/pianist Glenn Jenks. A delightful blend of Latin-American and romantic piano sensibilities, of old and new music, Invitation to the Danza represents the eleventh release of new World Piano Music from Viridiana.

About The Company:

The recordings of Viridiana Productions, L.L.C. represent a grass roots movement designed to promote the new music Terra Verde, as well as various traditions from which it draws. Terra Verde, a contemporary and distinctly American musical art form, fuses elements of European romanticism with New World ethnic styles, such as ragtime, jazz, Latin-American and country.The result is a rich and vital language for our time, and a new stage in the evolution of piano-based composition. Viridiana exists to champion the composers and performers of Terra Verde, and to pay tribute to the innovative and sometimes unheralded forerunners to this exciting new realm of American music.

About the Artist:

Glenn Jenks is a pianist, composer, performer, educator, raconteur, and wicked-hot banjo picker. He combines many elements of stagecraft with extraordinary musicianship. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, he has performed across the United States and Canada with Jud Strunk, Gordon Bok, Dick Hyman, Max Morath, and Doc Watson. His ragtime festival appearances include Sedalia, Toronto, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, and Norfolk. Jenks is a very prominent ragtime pianist and recording artist, and one of the most prolific and imaginative composers of the ragtime revival. Glenn produces the annual Harvest Ragtime Revue, a family oriented variety show which tours his home state of Maine each October. He is listed in Who's Who in Music.

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  • Astonishing and Rare Collection!
    author: Sara Izod

    Astonishing and Rare Collection! I Love the Idea of "Dances of Feeling". Obviously, Mr. Jenks is an Excellent and Highly Accomplished Musician whole can Scale many Worlds with His Music! - Sara Izod

  • An elegant introduction to the neglected works of Cervantes.
    author: Robert Johnson

    Invitation to the Danza is a delightful collection of danzas by Ingnacio Cervantes, a Cuban composer unknown to me until I heard an excerpt of one danza on the soundtrack of the justly popular Cuban film Strawberry and Chocolate. Eighteen of these short danzas are augmented by five other pieces and the ragtime works blend very well rhythmically with the Cuban ones. The performance seems both sympathetic and stylish. Highly recommended.

  • Beautiful music - beautifully interpreted
    author: S. Wagner, Germany

    The touching music featured on this CD by (for the best part) the Cuban composer Ignacio Cervantes (1847-1905) is most delightful: harmonic and rhythmic elegant short pieces played in a very ingratiating and unpretentious manner by pianist Glenn Jenks. - This CD can only be recommended! ............. Also have a look at: http://www.stevenestrella.com/composers/cervantesessay.html

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