Plays the Music of Alec Wilder

1. Jazz Waltz For A Friend - Marian McPartland

2. Why?

3. While We're Young

4. Lullaby For A Lady

5. Inner Circle

6. I'll Be Around

7. Trouble Is A Man

8. Homework

9. Where Are The Good Companions?

10. It's So Peaceful In The Country

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Plays Alec Wilder Roland Hanna , and Helen Merrill Manufacturer: Absord Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000DJW8U Release Date: 2004-01-13

Tracks:

1. Starlighter
2. Mimosa and Me
3. While We're Young
4. Blackberry Winter
5. Remember My Child
6. It's So Peaceful
7. I'll Be Around
8. That's My Girl
9. Sounds Around the House
10. You're Free
11. Moon and Sand
12. Star Wish

Average customer rating: Her best of the 1970s Here are the Good Companions

Plays the Music of Alec Wilder Marian McPartland Manufacturer: Jazz Alliance ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000005HJI Release Date: 1993-10-19

Tracks:

1. Jazz Waltz For A Friend
2. Why?
3. While We're Young
4. Lullaby For A Lady
5. Inner Circle
6. I'll Be Around
7. Trouble Is A Man
8. Homework
9. Where Are The Good Companions?
10. It's So Peaceful In The Country

Customer Reviews:

Her best of the 1970s.......2000-02-14

This is probably the only full-length exploration of Wilder's music on record, and Marian does it justice. "Jazz Waltz for a Friend" was written by Alec Wilder for McPartland due to their long friendship, and Marian continues to play his material often in her performances. Other memorable tunes include a bouncy version of "I'll Be Around" (compare this to a much more pensive version that concludes "Live at Maybeck" nearly 20 years later), "Where Are the Good Companions?" and "It's So Peaceful in the Country." The sound is a bit dim, but it's a fine disk nevertheless and was originally recorded for Marian's own Halcyon label.

Here are the Good Companions.......1999-12-10

"How blue the skies, Oh, sweet surprise" as Marian McPartland sails into the Wilder blue yonder. Sparkling, evanescent luminosities. Brilliant renditions of some of Alec Wilder's best tunes.

Average customer rating: Be A Child Again

Diana Robinson Plays the Music of Alec Wilder Diana Robinson Manufacturer: Multimedia Library ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B000EXDXM0 Release Date: 2006-03-11

Tracks:

1. Such A Lonely Girl Am I
2. Love Among the Young
3. Lovers and Losers
4. The Winter Of My Discontent
5. I Like It Here
6. I'll Be Around
7. Crazy In the Heart
8. Where Do You Go?
9. Be A Child
10. Where Do You Sleep?
11. Octet XXI
12. Love Is When

Product Description

Alec Wilder (1907-1980) was born in Rochester, New York and briefly studied composition at the Eastman School of Music. Much has been written about the technical features and categorization of his musical styles. This collection draws on the harmonic beauty of his compositions which I came admire again recently while playing “Be A Child” 25 years after I first played it. The harmony, voice leading and changes of musical character in Alec’s pieces helped inspire these updated arrangements. Special Thanks: To Ron Socciarelli who commissioned Alec’s “Entertainment VII” back in 1976, for the Ohio University Wind Ensemble’s Alec Wilder Festival. It was there that I did my first Alec Wilder arrangements and had the privilege of meeting him and having him listen to my four-piece group. With his encouragement I moved to New York City and met Marian McPartland whose influence over the years has been substantial.

Customer Reviews:

Be A Child Again.......2007-06-10

Alec Wilder reminds me of Delius. His compositions for Children (Lullabies and Night Songs) are beautiful, peaceful, poignant, and easy to play. This album shows his peculiar gift for writing music that sounds happy and inward at the same time: like a kid playing by himself, in his own world, self-forgetful, content. I loved sharing this music with my own children years ago, and my now-30-year-old son who develops electronic instruments for a living, still loves the songs. I appreciate Diana Robinson's artistry and her affection for Wilder.

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Plays the Music of Alec Wilder Marian McPartland Manufacturer: Halcyon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000D2S0

Tracks:

1. Jazz Waltz for a Friend
2. Why?
3. While We're Young
4. Lullaby for a Lady
5. Inner Circle
6. I'll Be Around
7. Trouble Is a Man
8. Homework
9. Where Are the Good Companions?
10. It's So Peaceful in the Country

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Plays the Music of Alec Wilder Roland Hanna Manufacturer: Tokuma ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005645Y Release Date: 2004-01-20

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