Alvin Singleton
All of the songs Alvin Singleton discusses in his Audio Portrait commentary are found in the CD below:
Somehow We Can (2002)
CD-Tzadik 7075
Here are a few words excerpted from Alvin Singleton's fascinating Audio Portrait:
"I heard a performance by Bernstein many years ago of Mahler's Second Symphony and that piece probably more than anything else convinced me to be a composer. I wanted to bring the two worlds together, the world of the fixed score or the fixed structure on paper, and the free world of the improviser."
ASCAP
For three decades, Alvin Singleton's compositions have blended scored
passages and jazz-inflected improvisation. In "Somehow We Can," he
offers four distinct pieces from throughout his career, featuring Wadada
Leo Smith, Anthony Davis, Martha Mooke and the Marian Anderson String
Quartet. The pieces range from the reflective to the boisterous,
stretching musical boundaries along the way. (January 2002)
Alvin Singleton writes:
Thought this might interest you.
Best wishes,
Alvin
Alvin Singleton, Composer
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