Gershwin by Grofe
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Label: Harmonia Mundi
Cat No: HMU907492
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 29th March 2010
Contents
Works
Fascinatin' Rhythm (6)I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise
I Got Rhythm Variations
Porgy and Bess
Somebody Loves Me
That Certain Feeling
The man I love
Tip-Toes
Artists
Lincoln Mayorga (piano)Al Gallodoro (alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet)
Harmonie Ensemble New York
Conductor
Steven RichmanWorks
Fascinatin' Rhythm (6)I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise
I Got Rhythm Variations
Porgy and Bess
Somebody Loves Me
That Certain Feeling
The man I love
Tip-Toes
Artists
Lincoln Mayorga (piano)Al Gallodoro (alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet)
Harmonie Ensemble New York
Conductor
Steven RichmanAbout
We are delighted to have with us on this recording the legendary alto saxophone / clarinet / bass clarinet virtuoso Al Gallodoro. Featured soloist with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra from 1936 to 1965, Al Gallodoro was known as the ‘King of the Saxophone’; indeed, no less an authority than bandleader Jimmy Dorsey hailed him as ‘the best saxophone player who ever lived’. Born in Chicago, Al Gallodoro spent his childhood years in New Orleans. Based in New York City for much of a career that spanned an unbelievable nine decades, he performed with, among many others, the Isham Jones Orchestra, the Rudy Vallee Orchestra, and the NBC Symphony under Arturo Toscanini. He also appeared as soloist in the movies Rhapsody in Blue and Strike up the Band.
Al Gallodoro showed another side of his musicianship in a classic recording of the Brahms Clarinet Quintet. Sadly, he passed away on 4 October 2008, ninety-five years young, active till the end, performing jazz in his hometown of Oneonta, New York, and throughout New England. The last of a golden-age generation of music-making, he was one of the true greats as an artist and as a man. We trust that this recording will help perpetuate his timeless legacy.
Contents:
- Rhapsody in Blue (original 'jazz band' 1924 version made by Grofé from the piano part as Gershwin composed)
- I got Rhythm Variations for Piano & Orchestra (original orchestration)
- Yankee Doodle Blues (two versions, the second on a 1909 Edison Fireside phonograph using a wax cylinder and acoustic horn!)
- The Man I Love (1st recording of this arrangement)
- That Certain Feeling
- Somebody Loves Me
- Sweet and Low-down
- I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise
- Fascinating Rhythm
- Summertime
“Richman’s spot-on sense of pacing, balance and emphasis guarantee that every Grofé-conjured utterance receives discerning and shapely animation. The ensemble and solo playing likely would bowl over both the composer and Whiteman.” - Gramophone
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