Evelyn Larter has just finished recording a Christmas CD on piano with a gifted young flautist. Daniel Sharp holds a Masters degree in flute performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Currently a member of New Jersey’s Symphony in C (formerly the Haddonfield Symphony), Danny was also selected to play piccolo in the YouTube Symphony last January in Sydney, Australia under Michael Tilson Thomas.

Evelyn’s ongoing jazz carol project was originally inspired by her longtime collaboration with Jazz and Gospel singer, Ruth Naomi Floyd. The focus has been mainly on choral arrangements with additional instrumental parts, so it has given her great pleasure to create solo flute versions for this recording. Danny’s virtuosity brought Evelyn’s ideas to life beyond what she could have hoped for. Tracks 2,3,5,9 and 15 have been published by Augsburg Fortress Publications as choral anthems in a booklet titled Christmas Glee – Five Little Jazz Carols; tracks 1, 6 and 11 have been issued as single anthems by Abingdon Press. Selecting additional music was also a joyful task – they both love Christmas music and Bach! It is their hope that you will enjoy the recording as much as they enjoyed creating it!

This CD can be sampled and purchased digitally on Daniel Sharp’s website and ordered through his site or Evelyn Larter’s website.