The Transparent Quartet: The Merry Frolics of Satan
Released in 1999 via Koch, and re-released in 2014 via Asynchronous Records.
This is a studio recording of Johnston’s scores for eight films by the French master of the fantastic Georges Méliès.
“Saxist Johnston is a conceptualist with a sense of humor and history. Here, he and the Transparent Quartet present spirited music for short films by silent-cinema pioneer Georges Melies. Jazz wriggles in, as do cabaret, klezmer, avant garde, and pop stylings evocative of the early 20th century, sounding fresh on the brink of the 21st.”
– Josef Woodard, Entertainment Weekly
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