Description
THE premiere ‘Third Stream’ recording, from the movement’s founding father, Maestro Gunther Schuller…
Pulitzer Prize recipient and Down Beat Hall of Fame/Lifetime Achievement Award winner Gunther Schuller conducts first-ever recordings of his own jazz compositions and arrangements from the years 1947-1966. Guest artist, tuba/bass clarinet virtuoso Howard Johnson joins Boston’s most talented big band, Orange Then Blue, for hard-swinging arrangements of standards such as “Blue Moon“ and “Anthropology,” as well as Schuller’s own “Night Music” and “Jumpin’ in the Future” (the first completely atonal jazz chart). These treasures from the halcyon days of cool jazz are a must for every jazz lover.
Digitally recorded, with extensive, historical liner notes by Steve Elman (former WBUR Jazz DJ and current contributor to Arts Fuse).
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PERFORMERS
Matt Darriau, alto saxophone, flute; George Garzone, tenor saxophone;
Dave Finucane, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet;
Adam Kolker, tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet; Allan Chase, alto saxophone;
Bob Zung, baritone saxophone; Katherine Halvorson, oboe; Andrew Strasmich, flute; Roy Okutani, Andy Gravish, Greg Hopkins, Ken Cervenka, Richard Given, trumpet; Rick Stepton, Curtis Hasselbring, Kenny Wenzel, trombone; Peter Cirelli, bass trombone, euphonium; Krista Smith, Mark Taylor, French horn; Howard Johnson, tuba, bass clarinet; Robert Carriker, tuba; Bevan Manson, keyboards; Ben Sher, guitar; Dave Clark, bass; George Schuller, drums, percussion;
Gunther Schuller, conductor
PROGRAM
1. When the Saints Go Marchin’ In (arr Schuller, 1955) 3:11
2. Blue Moon (Rodgers/Hart, arr Schuller, c 1955) 5:11
3. Night Music (Schuller, 1961) 4:30
4. Anthropology (Parker/Gillespie, arr Schuller, c 1955) 3:56
5. Jumpin’ in the Future (Schuller, 1947) 4:31
6. Yesterdays (Kern/Harbach, arr Schuller, c 1955) 6:23
7. Summertime (Gershwin/Gershwin/Heyward, Schuller, 1949) 4:31
8. Teardrop (Schuller, 1966) 11:17
Recorded on 26, 28 March and 1 May 1988 at the Fitzgerald Theatre in Cambridge Ridge & Latin High School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Executive Producer: Gunther Schuller
ALSO AVAILABLE
for downloads and streaming on Amazon as well as other digital sites.
