In A Mellow Tone
Wednesday April 21st, 2021 with Bruce Walton
The Jazz Alumni of I.M. Terrell H.S., Fort Worth TX
Tonight's program was conceived and selected by David Fraser - music from Ornette Coleman, Dewey Redman, John Carter, Charles Moffett, Prince Lasha, and Julius Hemphill, all of whom studied music at the I.M. Terrell H.S in Fort Worth. Thanks David.
The Terrell alumni on each track are listed after the song titles.
| Dee Dee (Ornette C, comp & alto; Ch. Moffett, dr) Ornette Coleman Trio - At The 'Golden Circle' (Stockholm, 1965) |
| Happy House (Ornette C, comp & alto; Dewey R, tnr) Ornette Coleman - Broken Shadows (1971) |
| Blues For J.A.M., part 1 (Dewey R, comp & alto) Dewey Redman Quartet - Living On The Edge (1990) |
| Dewey's Tune (Dewey R, comp & tnr) Old and New Dreams - Old and New Dreams (1976) |
| Comme Il Faut (Ornette C, comp) Joshua Redman - Still Dreaming (2017) |
| Evening Prayer (J. Carter, comp, leader & cl) John Carter - Castles Of Ghana (1985) |
| Conversations John Carter - Castles Of Ghana |
| The Fallen Prince John Carter - Castles Of Ghana |
| Theme Of Desperation John Carter - Castles Of Ghana |
| Capture John Carter - Castles Of Ghana |
| Music Matador (Prince Lasha, co-comp & fl; Ch. Moffett, dr) Eric Dolphy - Iron Man (1963) |
| The Joe Lovano track does not have any direct connection to the I.M. Terrell H.S., but, as David notes, "the compositional feeling, instrumentation, and title make clear that this track is an homage to Ornette and his classic quartet." |
| Fort Worth Joe Lovano - Quartets - Live At The Village Vanguard (1994) |
| Shorty (Julius H, comp & conductor) Julius Hemphill Sextet - Five Chord Stud (1993) |
| Spriritual Chairs (for Bill T. Jones) Julius Hemphill Sextet - Five Chord Stud |
| Headfirst Into The Flames (Ronald Shannon Jackson, dr) Last Exit - Headfirst Into The Flames (1993) |
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9:10 PM, April 21st, 2021