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Song Title: Long Time Ago
Performer: The Lighthouse Vocal Ensemble
Location/Date: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 8, 2005
Composer: Adapted by Aaron Copland, transcription by Irving Fine
Song Length: 3:01
Notes: The opening of "The American West" concert features Copland's "Old American Songs," settings of traditional folk classics. "Long Time Ago" is one of three performed; others include "At the River" and "Simple Gifts."
Song Title: Fantasy on Porgy and Bess
Performer: Leslie Jones and Dalia Sakas
Location/Date: JazzPianoFest, October 7, 2005
Composer: George Gershwin, arranged by Percy Grainger
Song Length: 7:35
Notes: An abbreviated version of this wonderful arrangement for two pianos, four hands, includes "My Man's Gone Now," "Strawberry Call" and "Summertime."
Song Title: Steal Away
Performer: The Lighthouse Vocal Ensemble
Location/Date: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 4, 2003
Composer: Traditional Spiritual, arranged by L.R. Romery
Song Length: 4:23
Notes: In celebration of the exhibition, "African-American Artists, 1929-1945," this Negro spiritual reflects the deep-rooted tradition of musical expression in African-American culture.
Song Title: Home On the Range
Performer: The Lighthouse Vocal Ensemble
Location/Date: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 8, 2005
Composer: Traditional, arranged by Mark Hayes
Song Length: 3:14
Notes: With an Ansel Adams photograph of the Great Plains as backdrop, the Ensemble performs a contemporary arrangement of this American folk classic.
Song Title: Caravan
Performer: The Lighthouse Jazz Ensemble
Location/Date: "Jazzin' at Our House", April 23, 2004
Composer: Duke Ellington
Song Length: 3:33
Notes: A classic jazz standard from 1937. Written with trombonist, Juan Tizol, it is considered by some to be the first real Latin jazz tune.
Song Title: Desire
Performer: The Lighthouse Jazz Ensemble
Location/Date: "Bebop, Blues, and Bongos", April 21, 2005
Composer: Tom Scott
Song Length: 2:43
Notes: Jazz-funk tune featuring saxophonists Joe Russo and Mario Escalera with Latin percussionist Domingo Pascual.
Song Title: Footprints
Performer: The Lighthouse Jazz Ensemble
Location/Date: "Bebop, Blues, and Bongos", April 21, 2005
Composer: Wayne Shorter
Song Length: 3:41
Notes: One of the most recognized modern jazz classics, originally recorded by Miles Davis.
Song Title: Here's That Rainy Day
Performer: The Lighthouse Jazz Ensemble
Location/Date: "Bebop, Blues, and Bongos", April 21, 2005
Composer: Jimmy Van Heusen
Song Length: 2:46
Notes: Featuring trumpet soloist, Roy Sutor, in this familiar ballad.
Stay tuned for future music selections from The Lighthouse's Filomen M. D'Agostino Greenberg Music School.