New Music of Alec Wilder

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New Music of Alec Wilder
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Studio album by Mundell Lowe and his Orchestra
Released 1956
Recorded June 12, 19, and July 3, 1956
Studio Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length30:21
Label Riverside
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Mundell Lowe chronology
Guitar Moods
(1956)		New Music of Alec Wilder
(1956)		 A Grand Night for Swinging
(1957)

New Music of Alec Wilder is an album by American jazz guitarist Mundell Lowe and his orchestra featuring compositions by Alec Wilder recorded in 1956 for the Riverside label. [1]

Mundell Lowe American musician

James Mundell Lowe was an American jazz guitarist who worked often in radio, television, and film, and as a session musician.

Alexander Lafayette Chew Wilder was an American composer.

Riverside Records was an American jazz record company and label. Founded by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer under his firm Bill Grauer Productions in 1953, the label played an important role in the jazz record industry for a decade. Riverside headquarters were located in New York City, at 553 West 51st Street.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with its review by Scott Yanow calling it "A nice vehicle for an 11-piece group". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Alec Wilder

  1. "Suggestion for Bored Dancers" - 1:48
  2. "She Never Wore Makeup" - 3:42
  3. "What Happened Last Night?" - 2:08
  4. "Walk Softly" - 2:48
  5. "Let's Get Together and Cry" - 2:34
  6. "Mama Never Dug This Scene" - 1:31
  7. "Pop, What's a Passacaglia?" - 2:25
  8. "No Plans" - 2:38
  9. "The Endless Quest" - 2:47
  10. "Around the World in 2:34" - 2:35
  11. "An Unrelenting Memory" - 3:13
  12. "Tacet for Neurotics" - 2:12

Personnel

Guitar fretted string instrument

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

Joe Wilder American trumpeter

Joseph Benjamin Wilder was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.

Trumpet musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group contains the instruments with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpet-like instruments have historically been used as signaling devices in battle or hunting, with examples dating back to at least 1500 BC; they began to be used as musical instruments only in the late 14th or early 15th century. Trumpets are used in art music styles, for instance in orchestras, concert bands, and jazz ensembles, as well as in popular music. They are played by blowing air through nearly-closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded rectangular shape.

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References

  1. ↑ Riverside Records discography accessed August 22, 2012
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 22, 2012
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