Donald Ashwander ?– Sunshine and Shadow, Rare LP 1979 + Extras - JAZZ, NM Vinyl

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(Visually Graded) Very Rare Vinyl looks Near Mint and sleeve looks EX. See pics and info for details.

 Donald Ashwander ?– Sunshine and Shadow

** Collector's Extras Included: Extremely Rare, Feb 1976 issue of The Mississippi Rag zine about Donald Ashwander

Label:
 Upstairs Records upst-2
Format:
 LP, Vinyl, Album, 12", 33 RPM, Stereo
Country:
 US
Released:
 1979
Genre:
 Jazz/ Classical
Style:
 Original Traditional Jazz, Ragtime / Stride Piano
 
Tracklist

  1. Request
  2. Saratoga Rag
  3. Sunday Night, Manhattan
  4. October
  5. Old Streets
  6. Summer Garden
  7. The Garden at Night
  8. Dove in the Window
  9. Crow Tracks
  10. Road to California
  11. Drunkard's Path
  12. Sunshine and Shadow
  13. Pine Tree
  14. Goose in the Pond
  15. The Moonflower Vine
  16. Nocturne in E

Notes

- BIO - Donald Ashwander (1929-1994) contributed significantly to the serious renaissance of ragtime that began in the 1960s. It gave firm notice that the classic ragtime of Scott Joplin and his contemporaries had returned to stay, with a new, serious, and understanding acceptance it had never before had. There was now a place for the young living composers to write in this idiom in a style both authentic and contemporary. Among this group Max Morath, William Bolcom, Milton Kaye, and number of others Donald Ashwander was one of the acknowledged leaders. This carefully curated anthology of his work includes his unreleased 1989 recording, On the Highwire, which many believe to be quintessential Ashwander. Sunshine and Shadow is the definitive portrait of this innovative composer. Liner notes by Max Morath.

- "In ragtime, as in Mozart, melody is sine qua non. Ashwander's melodic invention is surely one of his strongest points. Attempting neither period nor modern style, he is contemporary. Somehow, everything echoes in an Ashwander melody: Joplin, the Alabama folk music and hymns of Ashwander's own childhood, the orthodox classicism of his own training and previous writing, the popular music from the 1920s on. [His work] will surely take its place as an enduring contribution to seriously conceived, and seriously wrought, classic American piano-forte music." --Rudi Blesh (1966)

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M
(MINT) New, May be sealed. Perfection, no flaws, defects, marks, scuffs or otherwise indications of being handled or played. Any scuffs, hairline scratches or other marks disqualify discs from this category. New looking sleeve, usually in original shrink wrap.
NM-
(NEAR MINT) The vinyl is almost flawless, bright and shiny. A very light minor, barely visible mark or two may be permitted. The disc should play with no audible noise. The label is bright, clean and unmarked. Sleeve looks almost Mint.
VG++/EX
(VERY GOOD ++/ Excellent) Disc plays near perfectly, but may have minor, light scuffs that do not interfere with the sound quality. There can possibly be a light hairline scratch or two but nothing that is obvious or affects play. Vinyl is bright and shiny; label is clean and unmarked. Sleeve is Excellent.
VG+
(VERY GOOD PLUS) Some visible surface wear, very minor scratches and scuffs, but minimal impact on the sound quality. Vinyl will still have good luster; labels may have minor imperfections (small labels or initials, etc.) but otherwise clean. Sleeve may have some shelf wear, or minor writing, no seem splits.