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Jazz Nocturne - American Concertos of the Jazz Age

8/1/2011, 9 Tracks, 1:10:26

Featuring

  • Richard Rosenberg
  • Gary Hammond
  • Don Vappie
  • Tatiana Roitman Mann
  • Peter Mintun
  • Michael Gurt
  • Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra
  • Creole Jazz Serenaders
  • James P. Johnson
  • Harry Reser
  • George Gershwin
  • Dana Suesse

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Album & Artwork

The album title, "Jazz Nocturne: American Concertos of the Jazz Age," refers to the flamboyant era in America after World War I, a phrase coined by F. Scott Fitzgerald in his novel The Great Gatsby.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Conductor Richard Rosenberg, the Artistic Director of the National Music Festival, studied with notable figures such as Leonard Bernstein, Herbert von Karajan, and Sir Roger Norrington.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Harry Reser, one of the greatest banjoists of all time, was inducted into the National Four-String Banjo Hall of Fame in 1999.

Source: Booklet

Critical Reception

Dana Suesse, a composer featured on this album, was dubbed the 'Girl Gershwin' by The New Yorker magazine after a concert with Paul Whiteman.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

George Gershwin's A Rhapsody in Blue was inspired by the "steely, rattlety-bang rhythms" of a train ride to Boston.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album features several world premiere recordings, including the complete orchestral version of James Price Johnson's Yamekraw, the unabridged original version of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, and the first recording of Carroll Huxley's orchestration of Dana Suesse's Jazz Nocturne.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

James P. Johnson, a highly influential African-American jazz pianist, was the founder of the stride piano idiom, which used two-beat left-hand rhythms to accompany right-hand melodies with uncommon interpretative variety.

Source: Booklet

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