ANNOUNCEMENT ALEC WILDER CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE Drawing from personal conversations and correspondence over the course of their friendship, Richard Wyszynski...
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Ronald Prather
ronprather2004
Jun 10, 2007 9:34 pm
Joining a quintet fronted by trombonists Dave Graf and Brad Bellows, songstress Lucia Newell included a version of the Wilder-Engvick-Palitz song "Moon and...
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Gordon Sapsed
gordonsapsed
Jun 15, 2007 7:53 pm
(catching up with old mailings after an absence) One possible reason for missing Yahoo Group mailings may be, depending on your e-mail service, that the...
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John O Biderman
jobiderman
Jun 18, 2007 5:05 am
I suppose it was inevitable that Wilder songs would eventually appear on YouTube, that amalgam of amateur videography. Four clips -- two are a student...
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John O Biderman
jobiderman
Jun 18, 2007 5:13 am
The recently released "Bill Charlap Trio: Live at the Village Vanguard" [Angel] (always a wonderful venue to hear this very fine group) includes a performance...
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Ronald Prather
ronprather2004
Jun 18, 2007 5:19 am
Last evening, Jason Luthy (assisted by Allison Ringold) performed Wilder's "Sonata for Euphonium and Piano" in a recital at the First Presbyterian Church in...
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Michael Boughn
mboughn0
Jun 20, 2007 6:33 pm
Can someone suggest a reliable, thorough history of American popular song? I love Alec Wilder's book, but am looking for something less concerned with...
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Ronald Prather
ronprather2004
Jun 20, 2007 6:34 pm
In the announcement posted several days ago (June 10), regarding the Alec Wilder Tribute Concert, August 3 at the Harold Washington Public Library in Chicago,...
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Richard Dillman
richardd@...
Jun 20, 2007 8:18 pm
You might want to start with these two: Good luck. Happy reading. Easy to remember : the great American songwriters and their songs by William Knowlton...
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John O Biderman
jobiderman
Jun 22, 2007 6:04 pm
Check out also William G. Hyland's "The Song is Ended: Songwriters and American Music, 1900-1950" from Oxford University Press (1995). John Biderman...
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rob geller
rzbgz
Jun 22, 2007 6:09 pm
This is great! I'll just happen to be in Chicago that week. While looking at the Chicago Public Library website I also found this: "The Chicago Public...
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Ronald Prather
ronprather2004
Jun 22, 2007 7:11 pm
On April 9th, at the University of Iowa, the New Music Ensemble from the University of Minnesota performed two of the Wilder octets ("Neurotic Goldfish" and...
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Ronald Prather
ronprather2004
Jun 22, 2007 7:11 pm
On May 31st, the Reilly Quartet performed Wilder's "Jazz Suite for Four Horns" at the Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois. The quartet, whose members...
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Ronald Prather
ronprather2004
Jun 22, 2007 7:11 pm
Tenor saxophonist Grant Stewart, a Toronto native, performed Wilder's "Trouble Is A Man" in his recent engagement at Smalls' Basement, a Manhattan jazz club. ...
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Ronald Prather
ronprather2004
Jun 22, 2007 7:11 pm
On his debut CD "Moon and Sand" [MaxJazz], the pianist/singer John Proulx performs the title track, a Wilder-Engvick-Palitz song. Ron Prather...
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Ronald Prather
ronprather2004
Jun 23, 2007 6:04 pm
"Moon and Sand" appears on the new CD "Between Friends" [Azica] by guitarist Randy Napoleon. Ron Prather...
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Ronald Prather
ronprather2004
Jun 23, 2007 6:06 pm
In Mid-April, at her concert at the Lincoln Center's "Singers Over Manhattan" series, Dianne Reeves included the Thad Jones - Alec Wilder song "A Child Is...
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Ronald Prather
ronprather2004
Jun 23, 2007 6:07 pm
At the March 17 Town Hall performance of the long-running NPR series "Prarie Home Companion," Garrison Keillor concluded the show by singing the...
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songscout@...
Jun 23, 2007 9:27 pm
It seems to me that Wilder's beautiful "Moon and Sand" has, thankfully, become a second-tier standard in the past 20 years or so. Has anyone ever compiled...
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Roger Crane
ronprather2004
Jul 13, 2007 9:36 pm
I'm familiar with most Alec Wilder songs, even his more ignored and seldom heard rarities. But, I've never heard his 1952 song written with Bill Engvick,...
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rob geller
rzbgz
Jul 16, 2007 7:11 pm
... Roger, it was also recorded by Betty Blake for her "Sings in a Tender Mood" LP (Bethlehem BCP 6058 1962). Bill Engvick has told me that "Don't Say Love Has...
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Jon Plante
jplante22
Jul 16, 2007 7:14 pm
Hey Group ... You can hear Joshua Redman performing "Moon and Sand" by visiting the following link: http://www.wbgo.org/ontheair/jazzset/index.php -- that's...
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Ronald Prather
ronprather2004
Jul 26, 2007 4:15 am
In a note from Judy Bell I have learned that James T. Maher passed away on July 18th. He had been in failing health for some time. Most Alec Wilder Group...
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John Jenkins
jnjuk
Jul 26, 2007 6:46 pm
James Maher, 90, Historian of Popular Song by Will Friedwald New York Sun, July 26, 2007 James Maher, a writer and historian who exerted a vast influence on...
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oopapada@...
Jul 26, 2007 6:48 pm
Jim Maher was a lovely person, one we knew over the many years of our friendship but had not been in touch with lately. So sorry to hear he's gone. Thanks...
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Robert Levy
robert.levy@...
Jul 29, 2007 2:54 am
May I echo the warm sentiment of Marlene and Billy? I feel privileged having known Jim Maher and his wife, Barbara. Jim was one of the kindest gentleman I've...
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Jon Plante
jplante22
Jul 30, 2007 10:16 pm
Hello All - The following is an e-mail that I received from Gail Schechter (clarinet) regarding the excellent press coverage on their planned AW concert: ALEC...
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Ronald Prather
ronprather2004
Jul 31, 2007 10:12 pm
Gail Schechter wrote: We got a full page story in today's Arts section in the Chicago Tribune: ...
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Karavan
orthodox@...
Aug 1, 2007 8:05 pm
I found the article at http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-0729_wilderjul29,0,4933924.story or just search the Tribune for "Alec Wilder". ...
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Gordon Sapsed
gordonsapsed
Aug 6, 2007 4:57 am
Boydell & Brewer, the (UK) publishers currently have a special offer on the David Dempsey annotated version of Alec Wilder's "Letters I Never Mailed: Clues to...
