Over the past three months I have been working closely with Judy Bell and Jon Plante to create an Alec Wilder Centennial website. We're pleased to say it is...
In the months ahead we will be heavily involved in the planning and promotion of the April 29th, 2007 event at Merkin Hall in New York City. We hope to...
Let me be the first to say it. Bravo! The Alec Wilder Centennial website is really super, well done. Congratulations, Bob, Judy, and Jon. ALL MEMBERS, you...
Let's all pitch in and help! Every donation, however big, however small, will be greatly appreciated. In the centennial planning, it should be quite clear...
www.alecwildercentennial.com Very nice site! However, the link to the list of recordings isn't functioning. John O'Neill...
John O'Neill
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Dec 5, 2006 6:01 am
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In a message dated 12/5/2006 1:03:02 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, John O'Neil (wildflower@...) writes: Very nice site! However, the link to the list of...
BobKroeger@...
Dec 6, 2006 7:23 pm
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... May I suggest a target amount be established, and you use one of those fundraising websites, where people can easily (and quickly) donate using their...
Gary Williams
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Dec 6, 2006 7:24 pm
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I'd like to get a copy of Wilder's rarely performed viola sonata. Anybody have any ideas where I can get it? I'm going to be doing a concert of Wilder's music...
... My latest information from Judy Bell (The Richmond Organization): The Schirmer address: G.Schirmer, Inc. P.O. Box 572 Chester, NY 10918 only handles...
... To reply to Charlie Gerard, the catalog number of the viola sonata is AW 136. (I have an old Margun catalog that lists the catalog numbers). I would try JW...
Judy Bell
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Dec 9, 2006 6:08 am
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Sorry about the delay there, loyal readers, but I was a little taken aback by Orrin's insistence that not only was I not at a given recording session, but that...
Noted cartoonist Gene Dietch has just recently published a book of his short-lived Terr'ble Thompson strips from the 1950s, and in conjunction with its release...
Far from disinterest, I for one find such stories informative and entertaining, and I believe one of the functions of a forum such as this is to elicit and...
Dirk: I find your information very fascinating and thank you for sharing ANYTHING about that time period. What's the difference in the details Mr. Keepnews...
Helllou@...
Dec 10, 2006 3:40 am
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I'm afraid I am hurting Dirk Schaeffer's feelings by insisting that there was no all-night Alec Wilder / Mundell Lowe recording session for Riverside, but...
OKeep@...
Dec 10, 2006 3:46 am
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In re-reading "Alec Wilder in Spite of Himself" (which I read when it first came out in 1996, but I thought it was definitely worth revisiting before 2007) I...
My kids used to have some Little Golden Books and Little Golden Records in their youth. One of the records sounded to me very much like Alec Wilder had a hand...
Gene Nielsen
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Dec 14, 2006 7:44 pm
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Now that my problems have been more or less resolved, let me take this opportunity to tie up some loose ends: The water-in-the-hat story. Lieberson, as I've...
One other thing about the B-17 "I'll Be Around" is mentioned on the website detailing the last moments of the original plane and the restoration now on view in...
We're taking a week-long vacation to Mexico starting tomorrow. I'll send out a holiday greeting on my return so that you'll know when we're up and running...
Having returned from our week in Mexico, we're ready to re-open the Alec Wilder Group to discussion. Best wishes of the holiday season to all. Ron Prather...
I'd like to report that on Christmas Eve at the Middle Collegiate Church on Second Avenue, the stellar Christmas service (conducted by my friend Jonathan...
Dear Friends: It's not too late to send in a (tax-deductable) donation to help support the Alec Wilder centennial concert in NYC scheduled for April 29, 2007...
Jazz vocalist Paula West sang Wilder's "I'll Be Around" in a recent Rosemary Clooney tribute titled "The Last Girl Singer" at the 92nd Street Y in New York...
There is a new CD from Jazzed Media containing previously unreleased live performances by Jackie & Roy. It contains two Alec Wilder songs, "It's So Peaceful...
Thanks to Joe Lang for info on the new Jackie and Roy release - this kind of info is so valuable as I have just added both tunes to the "Discography:Songs"...
Are these re-released tracks from their 1990 recording, "An Alec Wilder Collection"? As an aside, that CD is still in print, and if anyone in this group does...
... No, this is all unreleased live material from the same gig at Concerts By The Sea that had been released quite some time ago. If you dig Jackie & Roy, it...
Original Message: "An Alec Wilder Collection" is a complete delight from top to bottom. John Biderman I agree entirely. I Think this is the one with the song...
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