Ensemble Diglossia (Steve Adams, flutes, alto saxophone ; Beth Custer, Ben Goldberg, clarinets ; Dan Plonsey, saxophones ; Tom Yoder, trombone ; Carla Kihlstedt, Jenny Scheinman, violins ; Tara Flandreau, viola ; Matthew Brubeck, violoncello ; Trevor Dunn, acoustic bass ; Scott Amendola, drums ; Gino Robair, xylophone, percussion, drums ; Karen Stackpole, gongs, percussion ; Rob Burger, accordion ; Myles Boisen, electric bass ; John Schott, guitar, organ, percussion)
Jazz.
"Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc."
Compact disc.
"This CD was conceived to be played in the 'shuffle' or 'random' mode. However, because not all players have this feature, consideration was also given to the normal sequencing of tracks"--Container.
Program notes by the composer, biographical notes on the performers, and selected discography and bibliography (15 p.) inserted in container.
Recorded and mixed by Myles Boisen at Guerrilla Euphonics, Oakland, CA, 1997-1999.
Overture (3:55) -- Eleven (:13) -- Poor mourner, intro (7:30) -- Passage (:30) -- Elegy, America (4:56) -- Long grain (5:42) -- Ten (:10) -- Graph with citation (:36) -- Trio (1:43) -- Poor mourner repainted (5:04) -- Eighteen (:19) -- Elegy, Thomas Edison and Emile Berliner (4:06) -- Temple blocks (2:04) -- Elegy, Nearer, my God, to thee (2:09) -- Passage (:43) -- Violin (2:21) -- Second graph (2:06) -- Drums (2:02) -- 28 seconds (:28) -- Poor mourner, snorkel (4:32) -- Elegy, Noel Josephs and Jesse Walter Fewkes (6:52) -- Ground zero, June 29, 1888 (2:22) -- Nineteen (:19) -- Trio (1:30) -- Elegy, Yankee Doodle dandy (7:37) -- Passage (:42) -- Thirty-two (:33) -- Nearer (coda) (2:17)