UPC: 713746303624
Format: CD
Release Date: Aug 07, 2006
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Personnel: Don Byron (clarinet).
Recording information: Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn, NY.
Arrangers: Michael Carr; Eric Maschwitz.
The Bang on a Can All-Stars is a sextet of musicians drawn from a larger orchestra that specializes in debuting new music, much of which would be considered modern classical music. On A Ballad for Many, the group performs some of the works of jazz clarinetist Don Byron. Their set consists of six sketches from "Eugene" (a live accompaniment to a silent episode of Ernie Kovacs' Show), nine brief selections from his soundtrack to a documentary on the Tuskegee Airmen, and five other pieces. Byron makes appearances on three of the numbers, but otherwise the focus is on Bang on a Can's interpretations of his originals. The music is episodic, a bit incomplete without the picture (since most of the music is actually soundtracks) and colorful if not quite essential. ~ Scott Yanow
Recording information: Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn, NY.
Arrangers: Michael Carr; Eric Maschwitz.
The Bang on a Can All-Stars is a sextet of musicians drawn from a larger orchestra that specializes in debuting new music, much of which would be considered modern classical music. On A Ballad for Many, the group performs some of the works of jazz clarinetist Don Byron. Their set consists of six sketches from "Eugene" (a live accompaniment to a silent episode of Ernie Kovacs' Show), nine brief selections from his soundtrack to a documentary on the Tuskegee Airmen, and five other pieces. Byron makes appearances on three of the numbers, but otherwise the focus is on Bang on a Can's interpretations of his originals. The music is episodic, a bit incomplete without the picture (since most of the music is actually soundtracks) and colorful if not quite essential. ~ Scott Yanow
Tracks:
1 - Eugene, for chamber ensemble~1
2 - Eugene, for chamber ensemble~2
3 - Eugene, for chamber ensemble~3
4 - Eugene, for chamber ensemble~4
5 - Eugene, for chamber ensemble~5
6 - Eugene, for chamber ensemble~6
7 - Fyodorovich, for chamber ensemble
8 - Blinky Blanky Blokoe, for chamber ensemble
9 - Spin, for chamber ensemble
10 - Basquiat, for chamber ensemble
11 - Red-Tailed Angels, for chamber ensemble~Integrity
12 - Red-Tailed Angels, for chamber ensemble~Silver Wings
13 - Red-Tailed Angels, for chamber ensemble~Despite a Barrage
14 - Red-Tailed Angels, for chamber ensemble~Explanation
15 - Red-Tailed Angels, for chamber ensemble~450 Tuskegee Airmen
16 - Red-Tailed Angels, for chamber ensemble~You Can Fly
17 - Red-Tailed Angels, for chamber ensemble~Finally in 1941
18 - Red-Tailed Angels, for chamber ensemble~Fortunately
19 - Red-Tailed Angels, for chamber ensemble~Credits
20 - Show Him Some Lub, for chamber ensemble
2 - Eugene, for chamber ensemble~2
3 - Eugene, for chamber ensemble~3
4 - Eugene, for chamber ensemble~4
5 - Eugene, for chamber ensemble~5
6 - Eugene, for chamber ensemble~6
7 - Fyodorovich, for chamber ensemble
8 - Blinky Blanky Blokoe, for chamber ensemble
9 - Spin, for chamber ensemble
10 - Basquiat, for chamber ensemble
11 - Red-Tailed Angels, for chamber ensemble~Integrity
12 - Red-Tailed Angels, for chamber ensemble~Silver Wings
13 - Red-Tailed Angels, for chamber ensemble~Despite a Barrage
14 - Red-Tailed Angels, for chamber ensemble~Explanation
15 - Red-Tailed Angels, for chamber ensemble~450 Tuskegee Airmen
16 - Red-Tailed Angels, for chamber ensemble~You Can Fly
17 - Red-Tailed Angels, for chamber ensemble~Finally in 1941
18 - Red-Tailed Angels, for chamber ensemble~Fortunately
19 - Red-Tailed Angels, for chamber ensemble~Credits
20 - Show Him Some Lub, for chamber ensemble