You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, it’s time for the annual new music holiday podcast from Guy Livingston!

Playlist: Christmas/New Year’s Show, Episode #69

It’s the end of a difficult year, and so while we drive along the American Highway at dusk, we try to do it with a bang, reflecting on good and bad. Actually, this is the closest I’ll be getting to a party playlist. Enjoy!

In this episode of American Highways, pianist Guy Livingston brings us Quincy Jones, Duke Ellington, Leonard Bernstein, Florence Price (unjustly forgotten African-American composer), Alanna Rantala, Benny Goodman, and Raymond Scott.

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Playlist:

Theme Music :

Steve Reich. The Desert Music (1984)

First Movement (Fast).

Chorus of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas & William Carlos Williams.

Nonesuch Records 79101.

Vince Guaraldi

O Tannenbaum

Guy Livingston

Private recording

Duke Ellington (arr Maurice Peress)

New World A-Comin’ (piano concerto)

Jeffrey Biegel; Paul Phillips: Brown University Orchestra

NAXOS: 8573490

Alanna Battat Rantala

Lucky

Alanna Battat Rantala, pianist

Studio Trilogy 2015 [preview]

Florian Weber & Angelika Niescier

Parsifal

Angelika Niescier, Saxophone; Ralph Alessi Trumpet; Florian Weber Piano; Christopher Tordini, Bass; Tyshawn Sorey, Drums

Naxos Distribiution: INTAKT 263

Duke Ellington

Luigi Palombi, piano

Soda Fountain Rag

Milano Music Zone – Dynamic CDS 7743

Raymond Scott

Manhattan Minuet

The Beauhunks

Basta 30-90362

Benny Goodman

The Earl

Benny Goodman Orchestra

Welton KBOX3182C

Florence Price

Symphony No.3 in C Minor – Andante

Apo Hsu conducting The Women’s Philharmonic

KOCH 3-7518-2

Leonard Bernstein

Slava! – A Political Overture – Fast and Flamboyant

Leonard Bernstein & Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Deutsch Grammophon 469 829-2 GB7

Alan Sparhawk

Hide It Away

Retribution Gospel Choir

Sub Pop Records 856

Quincy Jones

Air Mail Special

Quincy Jones and his Orchestra

Naxos SWR Jazz Haus 11628

 

Women in Music – a gift list by Ann Moss

singer Ann Moss sent us this marvelous list of gift ideas – all women performers, and many women composers:

Jazz vocalist Sara Bielanski ‘s FROM THE HEART is an honest and refreshing take on many classic jazz standards, inspired by the best of things in life that are free- love, nature, poetry, art, music, the changing of seasons, humor, and the human heart.

With her debut release OPUS 6, pianist Hillary Nordwell has created a sparkling new recording of solo piano works by Clara and Robert Schumann: Soirées Musicales, Op. 6 and Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6… together on one disc, they create a musical love story.

Cellist Hannah Addario-Berry’s adventurous album SCORDATURA features Zoltán Kodály’s Sonata for Solo Cello, Opus 8, plus six new works for solo cello inspired by the Hungarian composer’s landmark work and written specially fo...