Wilder songs on recent CD releases: While We're Young, (tenor sax) Chuck Manning, Notes from the Real [TCB] Blackberry Winter, Marian McPartland, Twilight...
23RD ANNUAL ALEC WILDER CONCERT Saint Peter's Church Lexington Avenue and 54th Street New York City Saturday, April 12, 2008, 3:00 pm PROGRAM COMMENTARY John...
Reissue on CD of bassist Gary Karr's Wilder Golden Crest LP: Gary Karr with Jeffrey Siegel and Bernie Leighton, SUITE FOR BASS AND PIANO, SUITE FOR BASS AND...
Wilder songs on recent CDs that might not have been previously noted: Gary Williams (vocalist), IT'S A FINE DAY FOR WALKIN' COUNTRY STYLE, "Swingin' On...
A Tribute to Barbara Lea "A benefit by loving friends to honor her as she faces a serious life challenge." Friday, July 25 at 7:30 PM The Laurie Beechman...
Boz Scaggs has a new album of standards "Speak Low" [Decca] to be released in September - October. It contains "Senza Fine" (Campos Cesarea, Gine Paoli, and...
PINOCCHIO CD [Sepia] 1957 Television Musical Wilder-Engvick $15.95 www.footlight.com Once upon a time in the 1950's, there was such a thing as an "original TV...
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Judy Bell
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Aug 23, 2008 10:56 pm
"The First Warm Day in May" was written by Bart Howard, not Alec Wilder, in case any Wilder aficionado is wondering how they missed that one! I understand...
On the release of the debut CD album "Energy Fields" [Mighty Quinn] by the Ralph Lalama Quartet: Alec Wilder's lesser known "Blackberry Winter" serves to close...
It is nice that Ralph included "Blackberry Winter" on his new CD. I find it is strange that the reviewer refers to this song as "Alec Wilder's lesser known."...
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songscout@...
Oct 2, 2008 6:42 pm
In a message dated 10/1/2008 9:11:30 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, joelangjazz@... writes: It is nice that Ralph included "Blackberry Winter" on his new...
This delightful soiree was a somewhat intimate gathering of discerning aficionados who nevertheless enjoyed Ruth's selections from the American popular...
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songscout@...
Nov 2, 2008 4:55 am
I have always thought that "Trouble Is a Man" is a superior song, musically and lyrically, and should have become a standard. Somewhat surprisingly, at least...
A note on this group must surely me made about the passing of Studs Terkel, an American treasure. In the 2005 CD produced and conducted by our own Bob Levy,...
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Judy Bell
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Nov 3, 2008 8:45 pm
Wilder wrote the song for Ethel Waters, not Peggy Lee. Wilder admired Waters and in a note in the song folio Alec Wilder Songs Were Made To Sing, Wilder said...
Jimmy Wyble (b 1922) is best known as a studio guitarist in the Los Angeles area - much revered by fellow guitarists There are many examples of him playing...
(Media-Newswire.com) - Love will be in the air Thursday through Saturday ( Nov. 6-8 ) at West Virginia University when the WVU opera program presents "Opera...
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Robert Levy
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Nov 4, 2008 4:25 am
Pulitzer prize winner, composer Gunther Schuller also dedicated to Wilder one of the movements in his large symphony for Wind Ensemble titled "In Praise of...
Roger Crane wrote: "I read someplace that Wilder wrote the song for his friend Peggy Lee but that she never recorded it. Any of you know the facts?" Judy Bell...
A rare performance of some of Wilder's Octets will take place Tuesday, November 11th at the Louise Underwood Cultural Arts Center in Lubbock, Texas. It is part...
I'll be singing a couple of Alec Wilder songs in my concert this Sunday at the Players Club. Lisa Daehlin Sunday November 16th at 3PM The Players 16 Grammercy...
Re: The CD "Introducing Janis Mars" [JM] I especially like her uber-dramatic version of Winter of My Discontent (a song I never enjoyed before) by Alec Wilder...
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Ron
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Nov 19, 2008 3:10 am
... I would be very interested in hearing this if possible. Ron Wise...
The Phoenix Theatre for Children is getting into the holiday spirit with a production based on a half-century-old seasonal album by Bing Crosby. An Axe, an...
Some Xmas-y Nostalgia Here's a couple of stories I didn't include in my earlier Nostalgia series because they're not directly about Alec. But they're...
A reissue of the 1960 Moodsville LP by the Frank Wess Quartet [Original Jazz Classics] features Wilder's "It's So Peaceful In The Country." Wess on flute is...
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OKeep@...
Jan 16, 2009 7:30 am
It's nice to be reminded. But this is not exactly new information, and interested parties should not spend too much time trying to locate this item in their...
