CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: AMERICAN HIGHWAYS EPISODE #69 It’s the end of a difficult year, and so while we drive along the American Highway at dusk, we will be reflecting on the good and the bad. Actually, this is the closest I’ll be getting to a party playlist. Enjoy! In this episode of American Highways, pianist Guy Livingston brings us Quincy Jones, Duke Ellington, Leonard Bernstein, Florence Price (unjustly forgotten African-American composer), Alanna Rantala, Benny Goodman, and Raymond Scott. Plus a poem by Dylan Thomas.
Theme Music :
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.
Vince Guaraldi
O Tannenbaum
Guy Livingston
-Private recording
Duke Ellington (arr Maurice Peress)
New World A-Comin’ (piano concerto)
Jeffrey Biegel; Paul Phillips: Brown University Orchestra
-NAXOS: 8573490
Alanna Battat Rantala
Lucky
Alanna Battat Rantala, pianist
-Studio Trilogy 2015
Florian Weber & Angelika Niescier
Parsifal
Angelika Niescier, Saxophone; Ralph Alessi Trumpet; Florian Weber Piano; Christopher Tordini, Bass; Tyshawn Sorey, Drums
-Naxos Distribiution: INTAKT 263
Duke Ellington
Luigi Palombi, piano
Soda Fountain Rag
-Milano Music Zone – Dynamic CDS 7743
Raymond Scott
Manhattan Minuet
The Beauhunks
-Basta 30-90362
Benny Goodman
The Earl
Benny Goodman Orchestra
-Welton KBOX3182C
Florence Price
Symphony No.3 in C Minor – Andante
Apo Hsu conducting The Women’s Philharmonic
-KOCH 3-7518-2
Leonard Bernstein
Slava! – A Political Overture – Fast and Flamboyant
Leonard Bernstein & Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
-Deutsche Grammophon 469 829-2 GB7
Alan Sparhawk
Hide It Away
Retribution Gospel Choir
-Sub Pop Records 856
Quincy Jones
Air Mail Special
Quincy Jones and his Orchestra
-Naxos SWR Jazz Haus 11628
