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MOON’S VIEW July 1996 ELECTRIC SYMPHONY SOLOISTS ENSEMBLE Electric Symphony Soloists Ensemble in concert, July 1996 / music of Forte, Greene, Dvorak, Brahms, Chopin, and Verdi
Forte: From Moon’s View [Memories & From Moon’s View]; Greene: Folk Song; Dvorak: Death reigns in many a human heart (Love Songs, No. 2); Dvorak: Songs my mother taught me (Gypsy Songs, No. 4); Brahms: Intermezzo in a minor, Op. 118, No. 1; Brahms: Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118, No. 2; Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in b minor, Op. 20; Verdi: Tu che le vanita ... S’ancor si piange in cielo (You who knew the vanity of the world ... If there is yet weeping in heaven ... from Don Carlo, Act IV); Forte: Sonata No. 4 Instruments: voice, electronic piano, synthesizers, doublebass; SOLOISTS ENSEMBLE: Nancy Mosehauer Forte, Soprano - Raymond Herbert, Piano - Hilliard Greene, Basses - James Forte, Synthesizers MOON’S VIEW July 1996 [Wildflower Recordings cassette CAS 0206]
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CHOCORUA NH July 1995 ELECTRIC SYMPHONY SOLOISTS ENSEMBLE Electric Symphony Soloists Ensemble in concert, July 1995 / music of Forte, Lara, Verdi, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Greene, Puccini, and Ward
Forte: Space Walk (Sky Watch); Lara: Granada; Verdi: Come in quest’ ora bruna sorridon gli astri e il mare! (How the stars and the sea smile in this dark hour! from the opera Simon Boccanegra, Act I); Rachmaninoff: Prelude in D Major, Op. 23, No. 4; Rachmaninoff: Prelude in g minor, Op. 23, No. 5; Liszt: Consolation, No. 3 in D-Flat Major; Liszt: Eleventh Hungarian Rhapsodie; Greene: Jazz Solo II; Forte: For Charlie / To Sleep; Puccini: Si. Mi chiamano Mimi (Yes. I am called Mimi from the opera La Boheme, Act I); Forte: Island Sketches (Piano Sonata No. 5) 1) On the Beach, 2) A Little Walk, 3) In the Night, 4) Self and Joy; Ward / arr. Forte: America, the Beautiful Instruments: voice, electronic piano, synthesizers, doublebass; SOLOISTS ENSEMBLE: Nancy Mosehauer Forte, Soprano - Raymond Herbert, Piano - Hilliard Greene, Basses - James Forte, Synthesizers CHOCORUA NH July 1995 [Wildflower Recordings cassette CAS 0205]
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WET PAINT ELECTRIC SYMPHONY JAMES FORTE, synthesizers Synthesizer music and performances by James Forte
Wet Paint, Vol I Fanfares and Excursions: 1) Fanfare, 2) Shining Song, 3) Autumn Dreams, 4) Z, 5) At the Foot of Black Mesa: meditations 1 - 6 Wet Paint, Vol II Sweeps and Songs: 1) New Light, 2) Secret Time, 3) I Remember, 4) Through the Mist, 5) Yesterday, 6) Tomorrow Wet Paint, Vol III City Streets: 1) New York Dance, 2) April Mists, 3) Hidden Voices, 4) On This Spot, 5) Walking, 6) Sea View Instruments: synthesizers; James Forte WET PAINT [Wildflower Recordings cassette CAS 0201]
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FESTIVAL 94 July 1994 ELECTRIC SYMPHONY SOLOISTS ENSEMBLE Electric Symphony Soloists Ensemble in concert, July 1994 / music of Puccini, Forte, Scriabin, Chopin, Loewe, Greene, and Mahler
Puccini: Si. Mi chiamano Mimi (Yes. I am called Mimi from the opera La Boheme, Act I); Forte: Autumn Mists; Scriabin: Etude in F-sharp Major, Op. 42, No. 4; Scriabin: Etude in c-sharp minor, Op. 42, No. 5; Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in b minor, Op. 20; Loewe: I Talk to the Trees; Greene: Jazz Solo I; Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer); Forte: “In Memoriam” (Piano Sonata No. 3) I: Bereavement: 1) Announcement, 2); Recollections, 3) Dirge, II: Resolution: 4) Recollections and Rededication Instruments: voice, electronic piano, synthesizers, doublebass; SOLOISTS ENSEMBLE: Nancy Mosehauer Forte, Soprano - Raymond Herbert, Piano - Hilliard Greene, Basses - James Forte, Synthesizers FESTIVAL 94 July 1994 [Wildflower Recordings cassette CAS 0203]
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MEMORIES November 1994 ELECTRIC SYMPHONY SOLOISTS ENSEMBLE Electric Symphony Soloists Ensemble in concert, November 1994 / music of Forte, Scriabin, Chopin, Leoncavallo, Greene, Mahler, and traditional folk
Forte: Memories & From Moon’s View; Scriabin: Etude in F sharp Major, Op. 42, No. 4; Scriabin: Etude in c-sharp minor, Op. 42, No. 5; Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in b minor, Op. 20; Leoncavallo: Mattinata (Dawn); Greene: Jazz Solo I; Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer); Forte: “In Memoriam” (Piano Sonata No. 3) I: Bereavement: 1) Announcement, 2) Recollections, 3) Dirge, II: Resolution: 4) Recollections and Rededication; Traditional folk / arr. Forte: Shenandoah Instruments: voice, electronic piano, synthesizers, doublebass; SOLOISTS ENSEMBLE: Nancy Mosehauer Forte, Soprano - Raymond Herbert, Piano - Hilliard Greene, Basses - James Forte, Synthesizers MEMORIES November 1994 [Wildflower Recordings cassette CAS 0202]
Some of the same pieces were performed on different concerts. The Greene Jazz Solo I is the same performance on both FESTIVAL 94 and MEMORIES.
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Wildflower Recordings WFR JZ0214CD ON THE ROAD THE JAZZ EXPRESSIONS
THE JAZZ EXPRESSIONS
T.K. BLUE – sax and flute DWAYNE (COOK) BROADNAX – drums AARON GRAVES – piano HILLIARD (HILL) GREENE – bass/Music Director
The Jazz Expressions
This New York based band can’t seem to sit still. With extensive tours all over the world, including Japan, North and South America, England and Ireland, Europe, and the Near East, they have a huge audience of fans everywhere.
Launched by the famed jazz balladeer Jimmy Scott as his backup band over fifteen years ago, it took on a life of its own, and with his blessings and urgings is performing on its own in addition to its continuing role as Jimmy’s band.
Always staffed by powerhouse players, it has blossomed under bassist Hilliard Greene’s direction since 1994.
Tours Throughout its tours with Jimmy, the band developed its stand-alone numbers and its own following around the world. The group has performed across the United States, in Canada, and in the Caribbean, Argentina, Brazil, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Monaco, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Japan.
What They Say Led by Hilliard Greene on bass, the Jazz Expressions are as sensual and tight as a velvet glove. --Marc O’Sullivan, Hot Press
Sharing the stage with the incredible jazz quartet The Jazz Expressions, [Jimmy] Scott exemplified the one thing most singers try to achieve: truth in a lyric. … I can’t say enough about the Jazz Expressions. It would be hard to find more committed or more brilliant musicians. With T.K. Blue on saxophone and flute, Aaron Graves on piano, Dwayne Broadnax on drums, and Hilliard Greene on bass, this quartet deserved wider recognition and a place on the Jazz at Lincoln Center series roster. Their improvisations and progressive unions are flawless.--John Hoglund, Back Stage
The Jazz Expressions, led by Bassist Hilliard Greene, may be the best supporting group currently backing a singer.--Bob Blumenthal, Boston Globe
It was easy to love Jimmy Scott and his brilliant quartet, The Jazz Expressions, led by inventive bassist Hilliard Greene.--John Griffin, The Montreal Gazette
Scott can swing, too, in tandem with his marvelously empathetic backup trio … Hilliard Greene, simply one of the best bassists I have ever heard with a singer, can sound like a flamenco guitar one moment and a wailing horn the next.--Misha Berson, Seattle Times
The New York-based trio called The Jazz Expressions openaed with high-octane bop … Their richly textural, three-way musical conversations were impressive, but they were even sharper supporting Scott’s soulful, wildly daring, wise interpretations. --Joseph Blake, Times Colonist, Victoria
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