Episode #3090
Songs and Instrumentals for Big Bands
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
For this New Sounds, we'll hear music from the unexpected and irresistible collaboration between Richmond, VA's Fight the Big Bull (9-piece avant jazz band), and San Francisco-based songwriter/ composer/musician (with a background in hymn singing) David Karsten Daniels, "I Mean to Live Here Still."
It’s a gorgeously orchestrated bit of post-jazz (swamp meets fog) folk-pop using texts by Henry David Thoreau. Think exuberant swirling melodies and big band horn swells of joy! Also, we’ll take a sneak peek listen to Bang on a Can’s street band, Asphalt Orchestra, playing Balkan brass band music by Goran Bregovic. Plus, Sun Ra and the Arkestra plays “Pink Elephants On Parade” from Disney’s Dumbo, Either/Orchestra plays music from King Crimson and the Lounge Lizards play music by John Lurie.
PROGRAM #3090, Songs and Instrumentals for Big Bands (First aired on Mon. 6/21/10)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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David Karsten Daniels & Fight the Big Bull |
I Mean to Live Here Still |
All Things Are Current Found [3:31] |
FATCD92 |
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Beirut |
The Flying Club Cup |
Nantes [3:50] |
BING055 |
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Asphalt Orchestra |
Asphalt Orchestra |
Goran Bregovic: Champagne [4:49] |
Cantaloupe Music 21066 |
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The Lounge Lizards |
Voice of Chunk |
Tarantella [4:00] |
Private CD on the CHUNK/Lagarto label. Reissued as SB-0012 www.strangeandbeautiful.com OR download from Emusic.com |
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Sun Ra & His Arkestra |
Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films |
Pink Elephants On Parade [2:31] |
A&M #CD-3918.** |
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Either/Orchestra |
Half Life of Desire |
King Crimson: Red [11:12] |
Accurate Records 3242 www.accuraterecords.com |
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Asphalt Orchestra |
Asphalt Orchestra |
Meshuggah: Electric Red [5:50] |
See above. |
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David Karsten Daniels & Fight the Big Bull |
I Mean to Live Here Still |
Each Summer Sound [8:20] |
See above. |
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