AMERICAN HIGHWAYS EPISODE #26 : Dreams and the Night.
Welcome back to the darkness of the night, insomnia, and restless dreams. In this episode of American Highways, pianist Guy Livingston brings us music by Henry Cowell, Miles Davis, Wolfgang Korngold, and Thelonious Monk.
As I get older I have more and more trouble sleeping, so here’s some music for any of you who might also have this problem. Plus poetry by E.E. Cummings, Langston Hughes, Sharon Bryan, and Kazim Ali.
In this episode of American Highways, pianist Guy Livingston brings us music by Henry Cowell, Miles Davis, Wolfgang Korngold, and Thelonious Monk.
Performers include Carmen McRae, the BBC Philharmonic, and Brad Mehldau.
More at GuyLivingston.com/radio
Theme Music :
1. Steve Reich. The Desert Music (1984)
First Movement (Fast).
Chorus of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas & William Carlos Williams.
Nonesuch Records 79101.
2. Henry Cowell
Three Songs On Poems Of Langston Hughes – Moonlight Night: Carmel
Mary Ann Hart, Robert Osborne, Jeanne Golan
TROY 240
3. “Sawdust” poem by Sharon Bryan
4. arr. Ravel; DeRose and Shefter
The Lamp Is Low
Carmen McRae
BMG Music 3110-2-N
5. “Sleep Door” poem by Kazim Ali
6. Miles Davis
Moon Dreams
Miles Davis and ensemble (incl Gunther Schuller on french horn)
Capitol Jazz 7243 5 30117 2 7
7. “it is at moments after I have dreamed”
poem by E.E. Cummings
8. Wolfgang Korngold
Symphonic Serenade, Op. 39
I. Allegro Moderato – Semplice
II. Intermezzo: Allegro Molto
III. Lento Religioso
IV. Finale: Allegro Con Fuoco
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Matthias Bamert, conducting.
Chandos 10433 (1996)
9. “Dream Variations” poem by Langston Hughes
Thelonious Monk
‘Round Midnight
Jazz ensemble
CMC 20057-2
10. Thelonious Monk
Darn That Dream [Take 1]
Thelonious Monk, piano.
Columbia Legacy C2K 65495
11. Thelonious Monk
Monk’s Dream
Brad Mehldau Trio
Warner Bros. #9362468482
