27 August 2008

Music by the Eenies.

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

1. Henry Mancini: "Theme" from Hatari! (rec. 4 Dec. 1961)
2:57

2. Henry Mancini: "Baby Elephant Walk" from Hatari! (rec. 5 Dec. 1961)
2:45

Tracks 1-2
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra
The Days of Wine & Roses
RCA, 07863 66603-2

3. Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula (1831)
Arranged by Luigi Bassi
Alessandro Carbonare - clarinet, Gilbert Monier - clarinet piccolo, Andrea Dindo - piano
La Clarinette à l'opéra: Paraphrases of Italian Opera Arias for Clarinet & Piano
Harmonia mundi, HMC 901722
12:10

4. Giacomo Puccini: "Nessum dorma" from Turandot (1926)
Don Byron - clarinet, Uri Caine - piano
A Fine Line: Arias & Lieder
Blue Note, 7243 5 26801 2 2
4:00

5. Franz Liszt: Réminiscences de Norma (after Bellini) (1841-43)
Marc-André Hamelin - piano
Franz Liszt: Grand Romantic Virtuoso
Music & Arts, CD-723
16:46

6. Niccolò Paganini: Introduction & Variations on a Theme by Rossini
Gary Karr - double bass, Geoffrey Simon - conductor, London Symphony Orchestra
Music Digital, 31 001
8:52

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

7. Vincenzo Bellini: "Deh, non volerli vittime e finale" from Norma (1831)
9:25

8. Gioacchino Rossini: "Largo al factotum" from The Barber of Seville (1816)
7:23

Tracks 7-8
Leonardo Lozuppone, Giuseppe Luzio, Salvatore Barile & Nicola Valenzano - flugelhorns, Michele di Puppo - conductor, Banda Cittá Ruvo di Puglia
La Banda Disc 1: Traditional Italian Banda
Enja, ENJ-9326

9. Bruno Maderna: Quadrivium (1969)
Giuseppe Sinopoli - conductor, North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon, 423 246-2
36:30

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

10. Luciano Berio: Points on the Curve to Find (1974)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard - piano, Pierre Boulez - conductor, Ensemble InterContemporain
Sony, SK 45 862
11:33

11. Luigi Dallapiccola: Parole di San Paolo (1964)
Benita Valente - mezzo soprano, Joel Thome - conductor, Orchestra of Our Time
Vox, CDX 5144
7:03

12. Giacinto Scelsi: Maknongan (1976)
Joëlle Léandre - double bass
Okanagon
Hat Hut, Art CD 6124
3:44

13. Luc Ferrari: Étude aux sons tendus (1958)
2:49

14. Luc Ferrari: Étude floue (1958)
2:18

15. Luc Ferrari: Étude aux accidents (1958)
2:15

Tracks 13-15
Archives GRM: L'art de l'étude
Institut national de l'audiovisuel, 476522

16. Luigi Nono: Canti di vita e d'amore (1962)
Sarah Leonard - soprano, Thomas Randle - tenor, Ingo Metzmacher - conductor, Bamberger Symphoniker
EMI, 7243 5 55424 2 7
17:08

17. Riz Ortolani: "Phantom of Love (Variations on the Theme)" from Fantasma d'amore (1981)
Benny Goodman - clarinet, Riz Ortolani - conductor
Themes for Marcello Mastroianni Collection
CAM, CVS-017
3:32

18. Henry Mancini: Mr. Lucky (1959)
J. A. Granelli - bass, Jamie Saft - organ, David Tronzo - slide guitar, Kenny Wollesen - drums
J. A. Granelli & Mr. Lucky: El Oh El Ay
Love Slave Records, LVS 107
4:00

20 August 2008

Grab your castanets! Bull(shit)fighting music!

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

1. Augustín Lara: Granada (rec. Pittsburgh 1963)
The Salt City Six: Jack Maheu - clarinet, Will Alger - trombone, Paul Squire - trumpet, Robert Mahan - piano, Lou Johnson - bass, Ralph Haupert - drums
The Original Salt City Six Plays "The Classics"
Jazzology Records, JCD-78
5:59

2. Piero Piccioni: Il momento della verità (1965)
Piero Piccioni - conductor
Il momento della verità Original Soundtrack
CAM's Soundtrack Encyclopedia, CSE 079
37:30

3. Walter Bishop jr.: Tell It the Way It Is (rec. NYC 4 Sep. 1963)
Paul Gonsalves - tenor sax, Rolf Ericson - trumpet, Ray Nance - cornet, Walter Bishop jr. - piano, Ernie Shepard - bass, Osie Johnson - drums
Paul Gonsalves: Tell It the Way It Is
Impulse, 314 547 960-2
11:34

4. Harold Courlander, Elthea Peale & John Benson Brooks: Where Flamingos Fly (rec. Englewood Cliffs, NJ 18 & 30 Nov. 1960)
Jimmy Knepper - trombone
5:11

5. Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht: Bilbao Song (rec. Englewood Cliffs, NJ 10 & 15 Dec. 1960)
4:15

Tracks 4-5
Arranged by Gil Evans
The Gil Evans Orchestra: Out of the Cool
Impulse, IMPD-186

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

6. Quintero, León & Quiroga: Francisco Alegre
2:06

7. Alvarez: Suspiros de España
4:00

8. Quintero & Fernández: En er mundo
3:58

Tracks 6-8
Banda de Avación Española
Grandes Pasodobles Toreros
Carmusic, 0319-02

9. Corazón de acero: Bulerías
Carmen Amaya - cantaora, José and/or Paco Amaya - guitar
2:44

10. La tana (version 1): Zambra
Carmen Amaya - cantaora, José and/or Paco Amaya - guitar
2:50

11. Alegrías
Domingo Alvarado - cantaor, Carmen Amaya - bailaora, José and/or Paco Amaya - guitar
9:11

Tracks 9-11 (rec. c. 1950)
Grands cantaores du flamenco Vol.6: Carmen Amaya
Le chant du monde, LDX 274 880

*12. Alberto Ginastera: Toccata, villancico y fuga (1947)
14:23

13. Jemma el Fna: Snake Charmers, Water Sellers, Dahven
9:23

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

14. Call to Prayer, Tseuheur, Children in Tangier, Chehade
19:07

Tracks 13-14 (rec. Morocco fall 1994)
Recorded by Tucker Martine
Essaouira Gnawa
Eat the Dream: Moroccan Reveries
Tinder Production, TinderCD 42825032

*15. Alberto Ginastera: Variazioni e toccata sopra "Aurora lucis rutilat" (1980)
21:16

*Tracks 12 & 15
Fernando Viani - organ
Ginastera: Complete Piano & Organ Music
Naxos, 8.557911-12

16. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Second movement: Andante from Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major K.364 (1779; rec. Perpignan, France July 1951)
Isaac Stern - violin, William Primrose - viola, Pablo Casals - conductor, Perpignan Festival Orchestra
Sony, SMK 58983
14:05

13 August 2008

Journey back across the vast aeons of time to 1935 for a show-and-tell about Max Steiner's score to the fantasy-adventure movie She.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 10:30am

1. Max Steiner: She (1935)
Max Steiner - conductor
She: Complete Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Brigham Young University Film Music Archives, FMA-MS104
70'

2. Max Steiner: She (rec. 2007)
Reconstructed by John Morgan
William Stromberg - conductor, Moscow Symphony Orchestra
She: The Complete Max Steiner Score to the 1935 Film
Tribute Film Classics, TFC-1003
70'

Set #2 - 10:30am - 11:00am

3. Benjamin Britten: Prince of the Pagodas: Prelude & Dances (1956)
Uri Segal - conductor, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
EMI, CDM 7 64922 2
33'

06 August 2008

A Chico Hamilton Quintet alumni reunion of sorts.

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

1. David Buchbinder: Portrait of Cagney
3:03

2. David Buchbinder: King Rat
4:06

3. David Buchbinder: Monkfish
7:41

Tracks 1-3 (rec. Toronto 20-22 Oct. 2004)
The David Buchbinder Ensemble
David Buchbinder: SHURUM BURUM Jazz Circus
Monkfish Records, CD0105
(First two tracks adapted from a score for an animated short about a lab rat named Cagney. Above, Julia Child with monkfish.)

*4. Duke Ellington & Mack David: I'm Just a Lucky So and So
5:08

5. Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert & Joseph Kosma: Autumn Leaves (rec. 1957)
Arranged by Fred Katz
Harpo Marx - harp, The Freddy Katz Orchestra
Two Classic Albums from Harpo Marx: Harpo in Hi-Fi/Harpo at Work
Collectors’ Choice Music, CCM151-2
5:03

6. Chico Hamilton & Fred Katz: Sweet Smell of Success - Jazz Themes
Chico Hamilton Quintet: Paul Horn - piccolo, flute, clarinet, alto & tenor sax, Fred Katz - cello, John Pisano - guitar, Carson Smith - bass, Chico Hamilton - drums
34:30

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

7. Elmer Bernstein, Chico Hamilton & Fred Katz: Sweet Smell of Success - Orchestral Themes
Elmer Bernstein - conductor
35:42

Tracks 6-7 (rec. 1957)
Jazz & Orchestral Themes Recorded for the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture Sweet Smell of Success
El Records, ACMEM132CD

8. "The Saddle Shoes" from That Hammer Guy (broadcast Mutual 7 Apr. 1953)
Mickey Spillane - creator
Edward Adamson - writer
Richard Lewis - director
Larry Haines - Mike Hammer
Jan Miner - Vera/Lillian
29'

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

9. David Raksin: Laura: Theme & Variations (1944)
Alfred Newman - conductor
Soundtrack Factory, SFCD33518
27:23

*10. Duke Ellington, Harry James & Don George: Everything But You
5:16

*11. Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn & John Latouche: Day Dream
3:41

*Tracks 4 & 10-11 (rec. LA 22 Aug. 1958)
Chico Hamilton Quintet: Eric Dolphy - flute & clarinet, Nate Gershman - cello, John Pisano - guitar, Hal Gaylor - bass, Chico Hamilton - drums
Chico Hamilton Quintet with Eric Dolphy: The Original Ellington Suite
Pacific Jazz, 7243 5 24567 2 7