Saxophone a l'apres midi Episode September 12, 2023
Saxophone a l'apres midi: Americans in Paris
12:59pm - 2:03pm
Whether it's Kanye and Jay-z or Anthony Braxton or any artist hoping to make it, Paris is a top tier performance destination. The music for An American in Paris is really just Gershwin's version of Levee Land by William Grant Still.
Track Listing:
A.Ayler Interview: The Army 1960, Pt. 2 / Sweden 1962, Pt. 1
Albert Ayler · The Albert Ayler Story ESP 4072
Come Sunday
Anthony Braxton · Recital Paris 1971
My Little Brown Book
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane · Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
Inventory / On Being 52, Pt. III
James Baldwin, Pierre Van Dormael · A Lover's Question
Tenderly
U.S. Army 76th Adjutant General's Band · The Albert Ayler Story ESP 4072
In memoriam, "The Colored Soldiers who Died for Democracy"
William Grant Still · Naxos: American Classics | William Grant Still
Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American": I. Longing
William Grant Still · Naxos: American Classics | William Grant Still
Milford Graves Interview: The New Black Music
Milford Graves · The Albery Ayler Story ESP 4072
Li'l Darlin' (1994 Remaster)
Count Basie · The Complete Atomic Basie
Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American": I. Longing
William Grant Still · Naxos: American Classics | William Grant Still
Symphont No. 1, "Afro-American": II. Sorrow
William Grant Still · Naxos: American Classics | William Grant Still
Tomasi: Ballade
Otis & Haruko Murphy · Fantasy
Virgo's Groove
Beyonce · Renaissance