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Discography
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Mike Keneally "Wooden Smoke"
...has some startlingly wonderful sax soloing from Lee Elderton...
- Mike Keneally
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"....This ensemble has no interest in sitting still since the new
compositions on this CD propel the motivic development into the extreme
depths of solemnity as well as soaring to the heights of violent rapture."
Curtis Glatter/Flexus Music
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Tracks:
Disc One
1 starsong
2 all is silent
3 something bright for a dark corner
4 kaleidoscope moon II
5 kaleidoscope moon III
6 lonesome tree
7 connections (you are)
Disc Two
1 secrets (for stella)
2 kaleidoscope moon I
3 october calm 4 bright lights
5 lonesome tree 6 firecliffs
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Tracks:
1.) achieving
2.) bells for you
3.) a search for truth (blues for sdsu)
4.) josh jones
5.) dreams of a new day
6.) hopes and dreams
7.) solitary lines (delineation of a circular motive)
8.) bouts of doubts (for eric)
9.) silverfish
Hopes and Dreams finds RTO continuing their integration of improvisation
with notated material and extended structures. A wide range of Nathan
Hubbards compositions are featured, from the orchestral size of a search
for truth to the open groove of josh jones to the simplistic beauty
of bells for you. The CD also finds a new level of harmonic sophistication
with special guest, pianist Rick Helzer, on three tracks.
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Tracks:
1.) wind (standing waves)
2.) dancing horses (on the wall)
3.) the leaf song
4.) the freeway
5.) in her garden/all is silent
6.) castles in the clouds
7.) who are those guys? #3
8.) blurred image
9.) parabolic flower
10.) promises
11.) the checkerboard
Return to One's debut CD, all compositions inspired
by the paintings of Stella Hubbard. From the delicate to the powerful.
"This is beautiful" -- Jess Wintje
"...should appeal to listeners who want to be taken to new places."
- San Diego New Music Letter
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Tracks:
1.) the moon is almost full
2.) bells and spheres
3.) the winding way
4.) mainframe/resistance
5.) last refuge
6.) firm believer
7.) for pat pfiffner
8.) the voice of reason?
9.) morning has arrived
(from the liner notes) "This music is a document
of our friendship, our backgrounds, our teachers and mentors as well as
where we are today. It continues our interests in an expanded sound language,
new modes of interaction, electronic possibilities and acoustic/spatial
relationships. The music is simply a soundtrack to what we live. Thank
you for joining us."
- LE/NMH
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"Everything Under The Sun" is a diverse and sophisticated repertoire
spanning seven decades..
1. Jump Jive An'Wail!
2. Dancing On The Ceiling
3. Can You Read My Mind
4. Sunny Ray Mambo
5. Emily
6. You,The Night And the Music
7. Satin Doll
8. Sing Sing Sing
9. Beautiful Maria
10. Celebration
11. I Concentrate On You
12. My Heart Stood Still
13. Day By Day
14. I'll Be Seeing You
15. You Make Me Feel So Young
16. In The Mood
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Petit
Quatuor pour Saxophones
1.) I. Gaguenardise
2.) II. Cantiléne
3.) III. Sérénade Comique
4.) Variations on Stella By Starlight
5.) Ulla in Africa
Chamber Symphony
6.) I. Allegro
7.) II. Mayn Rue Platz
8.) III. Menuetto, feroce
9.) IV. Presto
Bonus Tracks featuring
The San Diego Saxophone Orchestra
10.) Aubade
11.) Finale from the Firebird Suite
Spectrum Live! is an exciting recording of the Spectrum
Quartet in a traditional SATB format. The San Diego Saxophone Orchestra,
under direction of the Spectrum Quartet, is featured as well.
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