Gayle Ellett - Shiny Side Up Format:CD while Clifford Jordan did not

while Clifford Jordan did not achieve the mass adulation enjoyed by Gerry Mulligan or Roland Kirk

nicknamed "The Joke" because of the sparkling tarantella that concludes it

all the other pieces come from the musical archive of the Girolamini of Naples and are part of a manuscript collection that also includes the Vespro a cinque voci by Giovanni Maria

The music on the album is by Ostrouchov and Mišík and the repertoire includes music composed to Mišík's own lyrics and musicalisations of poems by Czech poets Jan Skácel

Gayle Ellett - Shiny Side Up Format:CD while Clifford Jordan did notThe band gets it's name from the electromagnetic pickups that are present on all electric guitars. These electromags capture the guitar's sound and transmit it down a wire to the amplifier. Unique to electric guitars, they are not found on other instruments. The album's title "Shiny Side Up" is from the common saying among motorcyclists "Keep the shiny side up!" which means "Have fun riding and don't crash!" Album Art Created by the award winning