The Joyous Holiday Edition of the Komodo Dragon Show.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Orlando di Lasso: Lagrime di San Pietro (1594)
Bo Holten - director, Ars Nova
Naxos, 8.553311
55'
("An emblem of the religious severity of the Counter-Reformation.")

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

2. Carlos Seixas: Piano Sonata in c minor bis (c. 1720-40)
Louis Dourand - piano
Cravistas Portuguezes: Portugal Baroque Keyboard Music
Music Studio, cra34
8:55
(Vast majority of Seixas' musical compositions were lost in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake.)

3. Traditional: Martyrs/O Lusty May (16th-17th century)
David Greenberg - baroque violin, David McGuinness - melodica & digital piano, Katherine McGillivray - viola, Alison McGillivray - cello
Spring Any Day Now: Music of 18th Century Scotland & Elsewhere
Marquis, 7 7871 81325 2 9
6:58
(Former is a psalm tune favoured by 17th century Scottish martyrs.)

4. Franz Schubert: Die Stadt (1828)
2:47

5. Franz Schubert: Der Doppelgänger (1828)
3:46

6. Franz Schubert: Aufenthalt (1828)
3:06

Tracks 4-6
Transcribed by Franz Liszt (1838-39)
Vladimir Viardo - piano
Pro Piano Records, PPR224513
(Three songs from Schwanengesang, Schubert's last published collection.)

7. "The Last Of 1941" from One Man's Family (broadcast NBC Red Network 28 Dec. 1941)
Written by Carlton E. Morse
Ken Carpenter - Announcer
Barton Yarborough - Clifford
30'
(Holiday programming from the long-running radio series. 1941 was short on sweetness and light.)

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

8. Miscellany (rec. 1987)
Musical Box Dances Played on Victorian Music Boxes
Saydisc, CD359
9:37
(Blurred notes, detunings in these recordings of barrel organs, disc pianos and music boxes. Yep, that was The Sailor's Hornpipe.)

9. The Amos 'n' Andy Show (broadcast NBC 31 Dec. 1943)
Harlow Wilcox - Announcer
Freeman Gosden - Amos, Kingfish & Lightning
Charles Correll - Andy
Edward G. Robinson - 1943
28'
(Andy dreams about his meeting with the year 1943.)

10. John Oswald: The Extinction Gong (2007)
MusicWorks, 98
20:11
("The Extinction Gong occurs approximately every nineteen minutes, signalling the disappearance from the planet Earth of another living species." Component of permanent soundscape inside new wing of Royal Ontario Museum. Gong will adapt as conditions change.)

A 1970s assortment.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Bill Reddie: Channel 1 Suite (rec. Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas 7 July 1968)
Arranged by Bill Reddie
Don Menza - tenor sax, Bill Prince - trumpet, Buddy Rich - drums, The Buddy Rich Big Band
Mercy, Mercy
Pacific Jazz, CDP 7243 8 54331 2 2
12:50

2. Michel Legrand: Selections from Ice Station Zebra (1968)
Michel Legrand - conductor
Ice Station Zebra Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Film Score Monthly, Vol.6 No.2
37'
(First half of score, "Overture" through to "Intermission Card". Ever been undersea with Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, and Patrick McGoohan? Apparently screened incessantly by Howard Hughes in that Vegas suite.)

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

3. Norma Beecroft: From Dreams of Brass (1963-64)
Text by Jane Beecroft
Barry Morse - speaker, Mary Morrison - soprano, John Avison - conductor, CBC Toronto Chorus & Symphony Orchestra
Canadian Composers Portraits: Norma Beecroft
Centrediscs, CMCCD 9303
16:13

4. Sun Ra: Concert for the Comet Kohoutek (rec. NYC 22 Dec. 1973)
Sun Ra Arkestra
ESP-DISK', ESP3033
55:17
(A good wank on the pitch bend wheel never hurt nobody, recorded four days before the comet’s closest approach to the sun.)

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

5. Jonni Malone & Allan Barnes: Freedom Serenade (rec. 1976)
Malone & Barnes & Spontaneous Simplicity
Freedom Serenade (A Tribute to Paul Robeson)
Luv n' Haight, LHCD052
29'
(The whole album. Jazz/funk with Sun Ra-inspired spaciness, only somewhat tamer.)

6. Rick Kitaeff: Star of India (rec. 18 Oct. 1975)
Electric Ninja Group: Rick Kitaeff - electric piano, synthesizer, gamelan, melodica & percussion, Yoshiharu Yamamoto - trumpet, Hirofumi Imada - alto sax, Steve Mindel - shakuhachi & flute, Koji Mima - guitar, Nobuo Eda - bass, Donald Laghezza - drums & percussion, Yasytaka Ohuci - drums & percussion
4:42

7. Michael Abene: My Sister (rec. Expo 67, Montreal 19 May 1967)
Maynard Ferguson Sextet: Maynard Ferguson - trumpet, Art Maiste - piano, John Christie - alto sax, Buddy Fasano - bass, Brian Barley - tenor sax, Ronny Page - drums
5:15

Tracks 6-7
Ready or Not: Deep Jazz Grooves from the CBC Radio Canada Archive 1967-1977
Do Right Music, DR010CD

Big town jazz.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (1912)
Arranged by Don Sebesky (1979)
Bob Brookmeyer - trombone, Jon Faddis - trumpet & flugelhorn, Gordon Beck - piano, Richard Davis - bass, Joe Beck - guitar, Jimmy Madison - drums
Harry Rabinowitz - conductor, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Three Works for Jazz Soloists & Symphony Orchestra
DCC Jazz, DJZ-639
6:08

2. Moondog [Louis Thomas Hardin]: Moondog (rec. NYC 1956)
Prestige Records, OJCCD-1741-2
31'
(Yep, the whole album.)

3. Don Ellis: Improvisational Suite #1 (rec. NYC 4-5 Oct. 1960)
Don Ellis - trumpet, Jaki Byard - piano & alto sax, Ron Carter - bass, Charlie Persip - drums
A Simplex One
Candid Productions, 220368-203
22:19

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

4. David Shire: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
David Shire - conductor
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Retrograde Records, FSM-80123-2
31'

5. Don Cherry: Manhattan Cry (rec. Englewood Cliffs, NJ 19 Sep. 1966)
Don Cherry - cornet, Gato Barbieri - tenor sax, Pharoah Sanders - tenor sax, Karl Berger - vibraphone & piano, Henry Grimes - bass, Jean-François Jenny-Clark - bass, Edward Blackwell - drums
Symphony for Improvisers
Blue Note, 7243 5 63823 2 9
19:17

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

6. Alexandre Côté: Conversation
6:42

7. Isaiah Ceccarelli: Mysteriovum
6:59

Tracks 6-7 (rec. Montreal Jan. 2006)
Jazzlab: Rémi Bolduc - alto sax, Frank Lozano - tenor & soprano sax, Alexandre Côté - baritone sax, Aron Doyle - trumpet & flugelhorn, Richard Gagnon - trombone, John Roney - piano, Alain Bédard - bass, Isaiah Ceccarelli – drums
Chance Meeting
Effendi Records, FND066

8. Bernard Herrmann: Taxi Driver (1976)
Bernard Herrmann - conductor
Taxi Driver Original Soundtrack Recording Arista, 07822-19005-2
38'