Michael S. Wright: 'It is well worth also mentioning Althea’s earlier CD Cambria 1097 which is definitive'

[Black Diamonds: Althea Waites Plays Music By African-American Composers; Cambria CD-1097 (1993).]

On Jan. 2, 2012 AfriClassical posted: “'Seven Traceries' of William Grant Still is on CD 'Along The Western Shore' by Pianist Althea Waites.” Michael S. Wright has made this comment:

“Thanks Bill, I remain baffled as to why there are not a lot more CD’s by Althea Waites. It is well worth also mentioning Althea’s earlier CD Cambria 1097 which is definitive http://altheawaites.com/cds/index.html.

“It includes Still’s ‘Three Visions’ and works by Florence Price, Margaret Bonds and Ed Bland and is very well performed and recorded. I look forward to ‘Along the Western Shore’.”


Comment:
Waites' excellent Cambria cd is still in print, and it is the go-to recording for the repertoire.  JMW  [John McLaughlin Williams]