Kismet (The Mastersounds album) "All compositions by Alexander Borodin, Robert Wright and George Forrest" Kismet (The Mastersounds album) Kismet (subtitled A Jazz Interpretation by the Mastersounds) is an album by The Mastersounds led by vibraphonist Buddy Montgomery with pianist Richie Crabtree, bassist Monk Montgomery and drummer Benny Barth along with guitarist Wes Montgomery featuring performances of tunes originally composed by Alexander Borodin and adapted by Robert Wright and George Forrest for the musical "Kismet" recorded in 1958 and released on the World Pacific label. The Allmusic review by Matthew Greenwald stated "Overall, an excellent jazz reading of one of the most beloved musicals ever
Robert Aldridge (composer) Robert Aldridge (composer) Robert Livingstone Aldridge (born 1954 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American composer, professor, and current Professor and former Director of Music at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. He has written over sixty works for orchestra, opera, musical theater, dance, and various chamber ensembles that have been performed in the United States, Europe, and Japan. He is widely known for his opera "Elmer Gantry", based on Sinclair Lewis's 1927 novel of the same name, which was completed in 2007 and won Best Engineered Album (Classical) and Best Contemporary Classical Composition in the 54th