Cat No. JM50102
Price £44.95
Composer: Peter Graham
Category: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC

duration 2.32

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Programme Note :

In the early 1980’s I had the good fortune to live and work in New York City. Since the 1930’s The Big Apple has enjoyed a reputation as the jazz capital of the world. Indeed, jazz seemed to be a part of the very fabric of everyday life in the city. One might pass Frank Sinatra leaving The Players (Club) or Buddy Rich en route to a gig, while a few blocks south of my apartment the famous Blue Note Club played host to a succession of legendary jazz “Cats”, from Dizzy Gillespie to rising star Wynton Marsalis.

Toccata is part of Cats Tales which pays tribute to four wonderful musidans who shared a love of jazz and the city. New York resident “Bernstein East”, aka Leonard Bernstein, is the inspiration behind Toccata. The presence of Bernstein’s masterpiece West Side Story looms large here.
Peter Graham © 2008

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