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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)
Interactive CKCU
Heavy Ben
What a chance meeting of heavies!

9:10 PM, April 21st, 2021
Bruce Walton (host)
Indeed, not to mention Cornell Dupree and King Curtis. Quite remarkable, really.

9:31 PM, April 21st, 2021