| 29. 1942 | Henry Brant:
Country Dances in Swing Kenneth Cooper, harpsichord; Robert Renino, bass; Mark Sherman, percussion. Carnegie Recital Hall: A Tribute to Sylvia Marlowe (12/10/1985, premiere). Harpsichord: Frank Hubbard-Edward Brewer. We have largely forgotten the fashion in the pop
world for re-composing the classics. There was Benny Goodman's version
of Paganini's 24th Caprice, Jimmy Dorsey's Blue Danube,
Clement Doucet's much needed Isoldina (a stride style version
of Wagner's Liebestod) and Zez Confrey's Humorestless,
among many others. Brant's ingenious contribution was discovered
among Sylvia Marlowe's papers after her death in 1981. Special thanks
in these Brant numbers (and in Carolina Shout, #33 below)
for the delicious improvisations by our master bass-percussion team
of Robert Renino and Mark Sherman. |
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