The Griot's Tale
Eugene Marlow’s 14-minute chart for big-band — The Griot’s Tale — was premiered by the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra as part of a concert entitled “Imagines Nuevas: New Works for Afro-Cuban Orchestra.
The composition imagines the presence of a griot — a member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa.
The composition employs odd meters in addition to traditional “swing “musical elements. Performed before a live audience at the Manhattan School of Music (New York City), the piece features a tutti section as well as instrumental and percussion solos.
Musicians:
Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra
Under the Direction of Maestro Bobby Sanabria
Composer: Eugene Marlow
Eugene Marlow’s 14-minute chart for big-band — The Griot’s Tale — was premiered by the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra as part of a concert entitled “Imagines Nuevas: New Works for Afro-Cuban Orchestra.
The composition imagines the presence of a griot — a member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa.
The composition employs odd meters in addition to traditional “swing “musical elements. Performed before a live audience at the Manhattan School of Music (New York City), the piece features a tutti section as well as instrumental and percussion solos.
Musicians:
Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra
Under the Direction of Maestro Bobby Sanabria
Composer: Eugene Marlow
Eugene Marlow’s 14-minute chart for big-band — The Griot’s Tale — was premiered by the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra as part of a concert entitled “Imagines Nuevas: New Works for Afro-Cuban Orchestra.
The composition imagines the presence of a griot — a member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa.
The composition employs odd meters in addition to traditional “swing “musical elements. Performed before a live audience at the Manhattan School of Music (New York City), the piece features a tutti section as well as instrumental and percussion solos.
Musicians:
Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra
Under the Direction of Maestro Bobby Sanabria
Composer: Eugene Marlow
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Eugene Marlow’s 14-minute chart for big-band — The Griot’s Tale— was premiered by the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra as part of a concert entitled “Imagines Nuevas: New Works for Afro-Cuban Orchestra.”
The composition imagines the presence of a griot — a member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa.
The composition employs odd meters in addition to traditional “swing “musical elements. Performed before a live audience at the Manhattan School of Music (New York City), the piece features a tutti section as well as instrumental and percussion solos.
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Title: The Griot’s Tale
Catalog #: J-14-2020
Release date: 2020
UPC: 0682131866863
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