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The JOHN LINK VOCAL QUINTET performs original wordless arrangements of instrumental jazz and classical compositions by composers such as Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Claude Debussy, Bill Evans, John Link, Ennio and Andrea Morricone, Modeste Mussorgsky, Erik Satie, and Earl Zindars. Each of the singers performs as a soloist and as a member of the ensemble, and many of the arrangements feature improvisation.

JOHN LINK VOCAL QUINTET
John Link (baritone and guitarist)
Raïssa Dorff (soprano)
Kelly Ellenwood (soprano)
Alex Greenshields (tenor)
Christopher Renquist (baritone)

"...what better compliment can I give than that...I longed for more?" --John deLaubenfels Read the full review

"What a wonderful idea to orchestrate this music for voices!" --Earl Zindars

"This is not the usual scat thing..." Delilah

"The inspired works of the John Link Vocal Quintet captivate an audience from the very first note. The mastery of the combined classical/jazz influence, rendered by guitar and voice, makes its presence felt in their release of Live at Saint Peter's." --eSoundz Reporter Read the full review

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Live at Saint Peter's

Cinema Paradiso Suite (Ennio and Andrea Morricone) 8:22
1 Cinema Paradiso 2:00 2 Childhood 1:32
3 Manhood 1:13 4 Love Theme 2:13
5 Cinema Paradiso (reprise) 1:21

Selections from Pictures at an Exhibition (M. Mussorgsky) 3:53
6 Promenade 0:39 7 Bydlo 3:14

8 Gymnopédie No. 1 (Erik Satie) 2:37
9 Russian Siciliana (John Link) 4:33
10 Hymn in C (John Link) 2:36
11 Children's Play Song (Bill Evans) 1:30
12 La Fiesta (Chick Corea) 7:45
13 La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin (Claude Debussy) 2:51
14 Lullaby for Helene (Earl Zindars) 3:41
15 Pfrancing (Miles Davis) 5:23

Suite for Quintet (John Link) 18:33
16 Pipes I 1:15 17 Lament 4:30
18 Pipes II 1:14 19 Blues 5:15
20 Pipes III 1:15 21 Goodbye 2:18 22 Pipes IV 2:42

23 Bless This House (Brahe and Taylor) 4:33

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Live at Saint Peter's by John deLaubenfels
Blues by Dave of Drag Star 6

Chopin Prelude No. 3
Many versions of Chopin's composition
John Link's Pick of the Week
Just like it says
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Many versions of Debussy's composition
Gymnopédie No. 1
Many versions of Satie's composition
Pictures at an Exhibition
Many versions of Mussorgsky's composition
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Many versions of Schubert's composition
Minor Blues
Many versions of minor blues

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"Blues"

genre: General Jazz

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This song is a 12-bar blues in F minor with a very complex structure (if you know of one more complex, let me know). The first chorus consists of me playing a walking bass line on guitar. In the second chorus Raïssa introduces the melody accompanied by Alex and Christopher. For the third chorus Raïssa repeats the melody and Kelly adds the counter-melody. In the fourth chorus Alex sings a harmony parallel to Raïssa's melody, and Christopher sings a harmony parallel to Kelly's counter-melody, so we have a pair of duets over a walking bass line. Then Alex, Kelly, Christopher, and Raïssa each sing one improvised chorus, after which we repeat the first three vocal choruses.

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CD: Live at Saint Peter's, available at www.earbuzz.com/johnlink/ Label: John Link Music
Credits: Composition by John Link

"The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (Debussy)"

genre: Vocals

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Known in French as "La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin", this piece was composed for solo piano. My theory is that Debussy had in mind the combination of soprano and guitar when he wrote this marvelous composition. In any case I find it is so much more exciting that way. What's so risky about playing a high note on the piano? But listen to Raïssa as she effortlessly sings way up in the stratosphere!

CD: Live at Saint Peter's, at www.earbuzz.com/johnlink/ Label: John Link Music
Credits: Arrangement by John Link, performance by John Link and Raïssa Dorff

"Russian Siciliana"

genre: Russian

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"There are places in Russia where people feel that way all the time." I composed the melody for this piece while walking down 34th Street in Manhattan one night, and at the same time came up with the plan of introducing the singers one at a time. After I begin the piece accompanied only by my guitar, Christopher sings the melody in a key a minor third higher, with me singing harmony. As I drop out Alex sings the melody another minor third higher with Christopher singing harmony. Kelly sings the melody yet another minor third higher with both Alex and Christopher singing harmony. Raïssa joins the other three and sings the melody yet one more minor third higher, bringing us back to the original key. Kelly, Alex, and I each repeat the final phrase of the melody, an octave lower each time, bringing the piece to a close.

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Credits: Composition by John Link

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