ABOYT THE MUSIC The environmental composition heard prior to the concert is entitled “The Crowd® composed by Jon with editing by Ralph Rosen. Skee-Dap-M-Be-Bap - An instrumental scat in a pure melodic form that makes for some good finger-poppin'. This {s a blues-oriented tune but not in the traditional 12-bar form. Three Adagios for Two Guitars - Arranged for two gultgrs from a cello sonata. On_the Trall - From the Grand Canyon Suite by Ferde Grofe. Happy Birthday Rubbertellie - Composed for this occasion, the 10th anniversary of Rubbertellie. Doreen and Alice - The idea for this “vocal" piece came very early one morning. My extremely shallow TMing was broken by a strange voice in the alleyway . . . & That's Show Biz - Some bits and pieces from my experience in the theater business make up this composition. Bye-Bop - A not so regular be-bop tune, but the tradition is definitel) there. Poiple (the color at twilight in Brooklyn, N.Y.) - a tune built more in the traditional harmonic sense. : ‘ Someday My Prince Will Come - The standard tune from “Snow White and ‘ the Seven Dwarfs". Bird Opus - Instead of using a standard harmonic progression to improvis with, this composition uses a progression a bit different. Argentina - A nice relaxed Latin groove emerges from the solo introduction and statement of the theme. |