Joel Harrison - America At War [New CD]

Description: Joel Harrison - America At War [New CD] Artist: Joel Harrison Title: America At War Condition: Format: CD Release Date: 2020 Label: Sunnyside UPC: 016728159029 Genre: Jazz Album Tracks1. March on Washington2. Yellowcake3. My Father in Nagasaki4. The Vultures of Afgahanistan5. Requiem for An Unknown Soldier6. Gratitude7. Honor Song8. Day After Tomorrow9. Stupid10. Pointless11. Heartless Drug Wars The United States has been in the midst of a foreign military engagement nearly every year since composer Joel Harrison's birth in 1957. This endless state of war has had lasting impacts on the country's wellbeing, and far reaching repercussions on generations of soldiers and their families. Guitarist and composer Joel Harrison's new large ensemble recording, The more that he wrote, the more effective the music became. Harrison then received grants from the Aaron Copland Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts, which led to a revamping of the charts and a recording in January 2019. There were a number of goals: to create music with pathos and intensity, to utilize unusual orchestration such as timpani, The ensemble includes 18 musicians game to the task of presenting this demanding and emotionally charged music. Matt Holman was called in as conductor, and expert instrumentalists like trumpeters Ingrid Jensen, Dave Smith and Seneca Black, trombonists Curtis Hasselbring and Alan Ferber, and a "murderer's row" of woodwinds, Ben Kono, Jon Irabagon, Stacy Dillard and Ken Thomson, make the music incredibly rich and emotive.Copyright DirectToU LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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