A few of the newer "Blackberry Winter" recordings (www.allmusic.com): MaryJo Mundy, One Meat Ball [Appleseed] Bronwyn Rucker, Bright Blue [Original Cast] (also...
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Ronald Prather
ronprather2004
Feb 25, 2007 2:55 am
Tom Hampson has sent me the program from the February 13th Alec Wilder Centennial Celebration at the Eastman School of Music (See Below). Unfortunately, the...
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Glenn & Wini Bowen
wgbowen@...
Feb 22, 2007 8:18 pm
Rob: Thanks for letting me know about the Wilder Clarinet Sonata CD. I had no idea that anyone had been brave enough, and dedicated enough to Wilder's music...
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rob geller
rzbgz
Feb 21, 2007 7:56 pm
Glenn: What a lovely piece to have written for you! The performance is by Marcus Eley clarinet and Lucerne DeSa piano from the CD Welcome Home (Arabesque...
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John O Biderman
jobiderman
Feb 21, 2007 5:46 am
Phil and Leslie Aaholm have identified the piece playing in the background of the NPR "Weekend Edition" story. As Phil describes: "It was the Sonata for...
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Glenn & Wini Bowen
wgbowen@...
Feb 21, 2007 5:45 am
I can certainly identify the piece being played behind the NPR show dialogue, since it was written for me in 1963; first movement of the "Sonata for Clarinet...
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charles gerard
charleyg2000
Feb 21, 2007 5:41 am
I hope some of you can attend my upcoming concert, The Music of Alec Wilder. Saturday at 3PM, March 17, 2007 Bruno Walter Auditorium New York Public Library...
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alice7489
Feb 20, 2007 4:33 pm
As Daisy's producer for her Simply Jazz album (and also her mama) I thank you kindly for supporting the efforts of a young artist. With Judy Bell's help I have...
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Ronald Prather
ronprather2004
Feb 20, 2007 3:25 am
Nice blog by Charles Gilbert (one of us!) on the Wilder Centennial at the following site: http://chasgilbert.com Ron Prather (rprather@...)...
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dirk
leberecht2
Feb 20, 2007 3:21 am
In response to Rob Geller's recent posting: Words are easy, but THAT is one astounding achievement. My most humble and still-in-awe thanks. (Deep breath) Some...
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John O Biderman
jobiderman
Feb 20, 2007 3:13 am
On NPR's "Weekend Edition" this past Saturday was a short but sweet Alec Wilder tribute by host Scott Simon. It can be heard here: ...
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JONPOLLACK@...
Feb 20, 2007 3:12 am
For anyone who might be interested, I'll be featuring numerous versions of "I'll Be Around" tomorrow (Tuesday, February 20) on my program ("The Jazz Train")...
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Ronald Prather
ronprather2004
Feb 19, 2007 3:45 am
In a concert this Tuesday at 8PM, the Kingsbury Woodwind Quintet will perform arrangements of the octets "Such A Tender Night" and "She'll Be Seven In May" in...
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Richard Dillman
richardd@...
Feb 19, 2007 3:33 am
John: A beautiful and so well-deserved tribute. Thank you. Now if those great NPR programs of his about popular songs would be released somehow to hear...
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Helllou@...
Feb 18, 2007 3:33 am
To John Biderman: Thank you for the greatest tribute to Alec Wilder I have ever seen! Everything you said reflects all I have ever felt since the first time I...
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Joyce Mandell
bigdzass
Feb 18, 2007 3:29 am
Thank you, John Biderman, for reminding us of the magnificent body of work that Alec created in his lifetime. Every time I hear or sing one of the...
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John O Biderman
jobiderman
Feb 17, 2007 9:31 pm
Dear fellow Wilderians, So here we are -- the 100th anniversary of Alec Wilder's birth. I'm listening on the radio to a rendition of "Who Can I Turn To" by an...
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Robert Levy
robert.levy@...
Feb 17, 2007 9:16 pm
Today, on Alec Wilder's 100th birthday at least two NY city radio stations chose to program a number of his works and songs. Michael Bourne on his afternoon...
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rob geller
rzbgz
Feb 16, 2007 9:39 pm
Friends, To celebrate Alec's 100th birthday, and to expose his enormous contribution to music to a wider audience, I have spent the past 100 days posting mp3s...
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Ronald Prather
ronprather2004
Feb 16, 2007 9:35 pm
Last Sunday at Montana State University in Billings, marimbist Barbara Fordham and other members of the Yellowstone Chamber Players performed Wilder's Sextet...
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Ronald Prather
ronprather2004
Feb 14, 2007 11:38 pm
Thanks to Judy Bell, I have learned that tickets for the April 29th Alec Wilder Centennial Concert in Merkin Hall can be purchased online. Go to: ...
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John O Biderman
jobiderman
Feb 6, 2007 9:03 pm
Sorry, I should have added that though the announcement says "Monday, Feb. 16" we all know, of course, it is Friday. And you can listen wherever you happen to...
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John O Biderman
jobiderman
Feb 6, 2007 1:02 am
Steve Schwartz, who hosts what is now Boston's best jazz program on radio, is including Alec Wilder in a confluence of mid-February birthdays on the date of...
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Ronald Prather
ronprather2004
Feb 6, 2007 12:57 am
Here is an outline of the anticipated program for the Alec Wilder Centennial Concert: Sunday, April 29th, 6:30 PM Merkin Hall West 67th Street, NYC Alec Wilder...
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dirk
leberecht2
Feb 3, 2007 8:51 pm
Whitney Balliett died two days ago, February 1, at the age of 80. Aside from (or part of) his connection to Alec, Whitney was the one jazz writer who always...
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Ronald Prather
ronprather2004
Feb 3, 2007 9:00 am
Whitney Balliett, 80, a jazz reporter who spent more than four decades writing graceful and definitive articles for the New Yorker magazine, died Feb. 1 at his...
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leslieorofino@...
Feb 3, 2007 8:39 am
Thank you so much. Poetic license for a phrase is taken all the time. Heard of jazz anyone? For Pete sake I agree completely (with the most recent postings)....
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OKeep@...
Feb 3, 2007 8:36 am
Let's get straight on a couple of points about Alec, one of which was that he was a music business professional. Of course he was a snob; it was one of his...
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Helllou@...
Feb 2, 2007 8:46 pm
What difference does it make after 50 years that some notes were 'wrong.' The Mills Brothers recording was a beautiful cover of the song and brought Alec's...
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Glenn Bowen
ronprather2004
Feb 2, 2007 12:53 am
I would disagree with Mr. Biderman's thoughts about the MIlls Brothers' recording of Alec's "I'll Be Around". I expressed surprise that the song had been...
