Description
Cutting edge big band and contemporary compositions, including Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya (based on the Hentoff/Shapiro book of the same name), Come What May Places, You Must Remember This, and Three Li Po Poems.
You Must Remember This features Annetta Moore, the Tone Road Rambler, the University of South Florida Jazz Ensemble, and others.
PERFORMERS
Annetta Monroe, soprano; Art Woodbury, clarinet, soprano saxophone; Brian Coyle, flügelhorn; University of South Florida Jazz Ensemble I; Chuck Owen, director; Florida Universities Orchestra; Willis Page, conductor;
University of Miami Chamber Singers; Lee Kjelson, director;
University of South Florida Wind Ensemble; Jerry F Junkin, conductor;
Robert McCormick, vibraphone; Mark Neuenschwander, bass;
Craig Benson, drums; Tone Road Ramblers (John Finville, flute, piccolo;
David Sasaki, clarinet, bass clarinet; Ray Sasaki, trumpet;
Morgan Powell, trombone; Michael Udow, percussion)
PROGRAM
Side A
1. James Lewis: Here Me Talkin’ to Ya
for jazz band, singer, and prerecorded tape 18:45
2. James Lewis: Three Li Po Poems
for voices and chamber orchestra 11:41
I. “On Hearing a Flute on a Spring Night at Loyang”
II. “Drinking with a Gentleman of Leisure in the Mountains”
III. “Abandon”
Side B
1. James Lewis: You Must Remember This
for wind-percussion ensemble and jazz quartet 11:30
2. James Lewis: Come What May Places
for wind-percussion quintet 14:08
Recorded on (A1, B1) 15 February & 12 April 1987 at Morrisound in Tampa, Florida; (A2) 24 May 1976 in performance at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC; (B2) 11 September 1985 at the Foellinger Great Hall at the Krannert Center in Urbana, Illinois.
Executive Producer: Gunther Schuller
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