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...
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...
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According to CDUniverse, the Frank Wess Quartet CD (containing "It's So Peaceful") was originally recorded in 1960 as a Moodsville LP, and reissued on May 11,...
The annual Alec Wilder Concert in New York City will be held on Saturday, April 4th at 3PM, St. Peter's Church, Lexington Ave. at 54th Street. Concert details...
Dirk Shaeffer doesn't quote any dates for the recording by Mitch Miller of 'April Age' by Don Cherry with Percy Faith's Orchestra, although the sheet music...
... Dirk Shaeffer doesn't quote any dates for the recording by Mitch Miller of 'April Age' by Don Cherry with Percy Faith's Orchestra, although the sheet music...
The annual Alec Wilder Celebration at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY is scheduled for Thursday, February 12, 8:00 PM in Kilbourn Hall. John...
The annual Friends of Alec Wilder Newsletter went out in the mail this week. Those who are not on the Newsletter mailing list can read a web version at the...
I got the Newsletter in the mail, and it's a beautiful job, Ron. Thanks for including my (too long) piece, I appreciate that. It will be nice to perform at...
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Included in his program at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Sunday February 22, hornist Timothy Thompson will perform Alec Wilder's Sonata No. 3 for...
The latest issue of the UK magazine "Crescendo & Jazz Music' has a piece about Alec Wilder in their 'Composers Corner' series by Bernard McAlinden. The 7000...
Yesterday, I inadvertently deleted a posting from someone before I had a chance to even read it or notice the sender. Could this person possibly re-post his...
Subject: Wilder music in concert Daniel Katzen, faculty hornist at the University of Arizona performed the "Sonata No. 3 for Horn and Piano" by Alec Wilder on...
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As a part of the "Music of the Americas" concert on March 19 at Lamar University, Robert Culbertson will play Wilder's Sonata for Horn and Piano, accompanied...
I just ran across this blog post by one Joe Sarno from February of '08 with a nice, brief tribute to AW and Marian McPartland's wonderful album of Wilder...
Maude Maggart, the critically-acclaimed chanteuse - hailed as "bewitching" by The New York Times, "utterly enchanting" by the New York Post and "stunning" by...
Hilary Kole performed tonight at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola at the Jazz at Lincoln Centre complex. The performance centered on her new (and I understand first...
Twenty-Fourth Annual Concert CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF ALEC WILDER Saint Peter's Church, New York City Saturday, April 4, 2009 John Biderman, Honorary...
From the Barbara Cook New York Times Review Stephen Holden April 15, 2009 Of the many cabaret performances of hers I have attended, Tuesday's opening night was...
Talk about nostalgia...In the mid-50's, when I left Hew York and Metronome, my first real newspaper job was film reviewer for the Philadelphia News, doubling...
Speaking of New York cabaret performances (ref: recent post about Barbara Cook)... On Thursday evening, April 2, while in New York for the annual AW concert),...
Fascinating five-part interview of Jackie Cain: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/entity.php?id=11322 (You have to click one of the archive links at the bottom...
On her album "Haunted Heart" [Justin Time], songstress Hilary Kole includes the Wilder-McGlohon song "Blackberry Winter." Reviewer Andrew Velez writes "It's...
On Tuesday, 25 new recordings were added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. This is the seventh induction of new recordings, bringing the...
Pianist Joe LoCascio and saxophonist Woody Witt have teamed up for a new CD "Seasons Ago: The Songs of Alec Wilder" on the Heart Music label. The track...
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