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Bob P. (Desorow) from BRIDGEVILLE, PA
Reviewed on 8/15/2007...

This release is on the MCA label and contains "Bonus compositions available on CD only."

They are:
Rhapsody For Touch (Retrospective, Pt. 1)
11. Touch (Version II)
12. Glass Dolphins (Vocal)(Version II)
13. Sleeping Eyes (Version II)
14. Touch (Version II)(Reprise)

"MUSIC" CD AN AMBITIOUS EFFORT! [AVAILABLE SOON IN DIGITAL D

tadd scott | new york, new york | 01/06/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"KLEMMER'S AMBITIOUS EFFORT AT COMPOSING, PERFORMING, RECORDING & PRODUCING A "SYMPHONY" TO "MUSIC" CONCEPT AS AN ARCHETYPE OF LIFE & LOVE. SELF-PENNED "POP SONG" VOCALS ARE INTERSPERSED WITH LONG IMPROVISATIONAL INSTRUMENTALS SURROUNDED BY VOCAL EFX & STRING ORCHESTRA. VOCALIST ELLIS HALL DOES A SCINTILLATING VOCAL ON HIS OWN "IF THIS AIN'T LOVE WHAT IS"? & OTHERS. KLEMMER'S SAX SOLOS ARE AS ALWAYS. PERHAPS OVER AMBITIOUS BUT FASCINATING TO WATCH AN ARTIST "REACH". SELF "SAMPLING" HERE PROVED KLEMMER AGAIN AHEAD OF HIS TIME. A RE-MIXED VERSION, MORE TO WHAT KLEMMER ORIGINALLY HAD IN MIND MUSICALLY & IN PRODUCTION, IS PROMISED IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE CLARITY OF THE ORIGNAL DIRECTION & CONCEPT PLANNED ALTHOUGH THIS VERSION IS NONE THE LESS INTRIGUING."