Composer's name is listed where notable (i.e. Classical Performance, Jazz Performance).
For more information on any of the rock, pop and Jazz music featured on this program, I frequently utilize AllMusic , an excellent free database holding a huge plethora of information about music and the artists that make it.
| Composer | Performer | Title | Genre | Label | Notes |
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Interpol |
Public Pervert |
Rock, Modern |
Interscope, 2004 |
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Rest My Chemistry |
Capitol, 2007 |
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Slow Hands |
Interscope, 2004 |
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The Heinrich Maneuver |
Capitol, 2007 |
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Girolamo Frescobaldi |
Boston Brass Ensemble, E. Power Biggs, pipe organ, Daniel Pinkham, harpsichord |
Canzon prima in G Major |
Classical, early Baroque, music for brass choir with bosso continuo |
Sony/Columbia, 1996 |
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Canzon seconda in C Major |
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Canzon terza in A Minor |
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Canzon quarta in G Minor |
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| Sigur Ros |
Alafloss |
Rock, Modern, Experimental, Ambient |
Fat Cat/ MCA, 2002 |
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Góðan Daginn |
XLed, 2008 |
translated "good morning" | |||
Gong |
Geffen, 2005 |
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Andvari |
translated "zephyr" | ||||
Svo Hljótt |
translated "so quietly" | ||||
Heysátan |
translated "haystack". Also includes references to Massey Ferguson tractors. | ||||
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Rashaan Roland Kirk (various saxophones and modified saxophones), Ron Burton (piano), Henry Pete Pearson (bass), Richie Goldberg (drums), Joe Texidor (perc) |
Lush Life |
Jazz, Post-bop, avant garde |
Hyena, 2006 |
Recorded live in Hamburg, Germany, 1972. Kirk was noted for his playing multiple saxophones, sometimes in quick succession, sometimes simultaneously, and for his method of "circular breathing" that allowed him to play extended passages without taking a breath. | |
Afro Blue |
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Blue Trane (John Coltrane tune) |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Babette Hierholzer |
9 Variations in D major on a Menuet by Jean-Pierre Duport |
Classical, Classical era, music for solo piano |
Marus, 1989 |
Jean-Pierre Duport was a noted cellist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a young cellist during Mozart's era who was also acquainted with Beethoven. His cello was a Stradivarius that was later named after him, and until recently was in the possession of the late cello master Mstislav Rostropovich. The cello carried a small dent in the ribs made by Napolean. |
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