Russ Kaplan +7: The Ulysses Cycle

photo: Kevin Duffy Can you set Homer's tale of brave Ulysses to music? It's been done by Cream on their Disraeli Gears album, but NYC composer Russ Kaplan ups the ante with a full suite dedicated to classic poem of Homer. He assembled a septet and recorded The Ulysses Cycle. A musical omnivore such a he couldn't resist incorporating elements of classical music, jazz, dixieland, electro, hip-hop and indie rock. The story in brief: our hero fight in the Trojan War and gets lost while making hi...

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