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The big broadcast : a recreation of a 1930s broadcast / featuring arrangements and compositions of William Grant Still.

Format Audio (CD) and Musical Sound Recording
Publication Info[Flagstaff, AZ] : William Grant Still Music, [2000]
Description1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorZumwalt, Wildy, instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorFields, Richard instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorWoodward, Wade, singer.
Other author/creatorWilliams, John McLaughlin conductor.
Other author/creatorWooten, Ronnie, conductor.
Other author/creatorEmmett, Bert, host.
Other author/creatorLayton, Turner, 1894-1978, composer.
Included WorkPrice, Florence, 1887-1953. Dances in the canebrakes arranged.
Included WorkHandy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 Hesitating blues; arranged.
Included WorkStill, William Grant, 1895-1978. Romance, saxophone, piano arranged.
Included WorkCreamer, Henry, 1879-1930 After you've gone; arranged.
Included WorkStill, William Grant, 1895-1978 Lennox Avenue. Blues; arranged.
Included WorkStill, William Grant, 1895-1978 Black man dances.
Included WorkRobison, Willard, 1894-1968. Works. Selections; arranged.
Included WorkMacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908. Sea pieces. Song; arranged.
Other author/creatorBig Broadcast Radio Players, performer.
Other author/creatorCentennial Celebration Orchestra, performer.
Other author/creatorMulticultural Celebration of Diversity in Music (1998 : Flagstaff, AZ)
Contents Dances in the canebreaks / Florence Price ; arr. William Grant Still -- Hesitating blues / W. C. Handy ; arr. William Grant Still -- Romance for saxophone and chamber orchestra / William Grant Still -- After you've gone / Layton Turner ; arr. William Grant Still -- Lennox Avenue. Blues : arranged ; Black man dances / William Grant Still -- Deep River Hour. In pastures green ; The Boston : a jazz waltz ; Miss Melindy / Willard Robison -- A sea shanty / Edward MacDowell -- Deep River Hour. Wake up! Chill'un, wake up! / Willard Robison
Abstract A nostalgic look at the early radio years of American composer William Grant Still, including several period radio commercials.
General notePerformers and compositions transcribed from listening to recording.
General noteCompact disc.
Performer Wildy Zumwalt, saxophone ; Richard Fields, piano ; Wade Woodward, baritone ; additional solists ; The Big Broadcast Radio Players ; Centennial Celebration Orchestra ; John McLaughlin Williams, Ronnie Wooten, conductors ; Bert Emmett, announcer.
Date/time/place of a event notePerformed during the "Multicultural Celebration of Diversity in Music" conference in Flagstaff, Arizona, June 24-28, 1998.
Publisher numberCD-A110 William Grant Still Music

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