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Jug Blues & Fat Pickin+ was written in 1986 and revised in 1990.  Originally commissioned for the celebration of Tennessee's "Homecoming'86," it is without peer in the wind band repertoire.  Inspired by recording of the Memphis Jug Band, the most recorded and perhaps most popular of the jug bands to spring up on Memphis' Beale Street in the late 1920's, and bluegrass banjo pickin', Freund's composition is a unique musical offering that melds "blues elements" with minimalist technique.  The composer writes:

The Blues should howl, whine, and wail like a harmonica solo, with the same freedom and indulgence one might hear in an unaccompanied blues improvisation.  The entire Blues must have an unmetered cadenza-like quality.  The Blues should never drag; the slowed-down sections must have great color and intensity of expression, whether sighing or wailing.

The Pickin' doesn't need to be too fast, but has to have the kind of easy-going, self-gratifying, clear-headed virtuosity that characterized great pickers.  The performer should communicate a spirit of good, clean, exuberant fun. --Don Freund

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Premier Performance Memo

-Denver Concert Band/ Jacinda Boughton. 26 Feb 2005.

-Arizona State University Wind Ensemble/ Martin Province. 3 Dec 2004.
-University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Wind Symphony/ Mark Heidel. 17 Oct 2004. 
-East Carolina University Wind Ensemble/ Scott Carter. 22 Sep 2004
-Oregon State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble/ Robert Brudvig. 2 June 2004. 
-National Wind Ensemble/ H.  Robert Reynolds. 30 May 2004.
-Rancho Bernardo High School Wind Ensemble (San Diego CA)/ Tom Cole. 17 Apr 04 & 8 Jun 2004. 
-The Riverside Wind Symphony/ Brad Zimmerman. 21 Mar 2004. 
-Oakton High School Symphonic Band (Vienna VA)/ Cheryl Newton. 19 Feb 04, 6 Mar 04, 28 May 2004.
-California State University-Long Beach Wind Symphony/ John Carnahan. 19 Mar 2004.
-University of Texas at Austin/ Robert Carnochan. 25 Feb 2004.
-Eastman School of Music Wind Ensemble/ Mark Scatterday. 23 Jan 2004. 
-Bemidji State University/ Joel Pugh. 24 Jan 2004.

-California State University-Long Beach Wind Symphony/ John Carnahan. 04 Dec 03.
-Ohio State University Wind Ensemble/ Russel Mikkelson. 24 Oct 03.
-Iowa State University Wind Ensemble/ Mike Golemo. 28 Sept 03.
-UCLA Wind Ensemble/ Thomas Lee. 21 May 03.
-Western Kentucky University Wind Ensemble/ John Carmichael. 29 Apr 03.
-Albion College/ Kathryn Lindbergh. 25 Apr 03.
-Lower Columbia College/ Gary Nyberg. 07 Mar 03.
-University of Tennessee/ Gary Sousa. 03 Apr 03 & 20 Feb 03.
-University of Northern Iowa/ Rod Chesnutt. 20 Feb 03.
-Mid America Union Honor Band/ Amy Crabtree. 01 Feb 03.

-Hartt Symphonic Band at the University of Hartford/ Glenn Adsit. 11 Dec 02.
-Youth Wind Ensemble-University of Massachusetts/ Steven Bodner. 13 Dec 02.
-SUNY at Fredonia/ Paula Holcomb. 12 Oct 02.
-Calgary Concert/ Jeremy Brown. 17 June 02.
-United States Marine Band/ Jason Fettig. 12 May 02.
-Goteborgsmusiken/ Jerker Johansson. 03 May 02.
-DePaul University. Rodney Dorsey. 28 Apr 02.
-Lewis & Clark College Wind Symphony/ David Becker. 14 Apr 02.
-University of Washington. 04, 05 Feb 02.
-University of Florida Bands/ Erick Stallings. 04 Apr 02.
-Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony/ Scott Stewart. 18 Mar 02.
-Trinity University Symphonic Wind Ensemble/ James Worman. 27, 28 Feb 02; 01, 03 Mar 02.
-Washington State University. 07 Feb 02.
-University of Michigan/ Steven Davis. 06 Feb 02.
-University of Washington Wind Ensemble/ Timothy Salzman. 04 Feb 02.

-Northshore Concert Band/ John Lynch. 22 Dec 01.
-CSU Stanislaus Wind Ensemble/ Stewart Simms. Dec 01.
-Trinity University Symphonic Wind Ensemble/ James Worman. 19 Oct 01.
-University of Delaware/ Robert Streckfuss. 11 Oct 01.
-UNC Greensboro Wind Ensemble/ John R. Locke. 04 Oct 01.
-USC Wind Emsemble/ Robert Reynolds. 30 Sep 01.
-George Mason University Wind Ensemble/ Anthony Maiello. 16 Apr 01.
-Detroit High School/ Edward Paul Quick. Apr 01.
-Wright State University/ Dr. David Booth. 9 Mar 01.
-James Madison High School Band/ Tim Franklin. 3, 15 Mar 01.
-CSU Fullerton Wind Ensemble/ Michael Fennell. 17 Feb 01.

-USMA Band/ Major William Garlette. 11 Oct 00, 8 Nov 00.
-Illinois State University Wind Symphony/ Steve Steele. 20 Oct 00.
-California State University Fullerton Wind Ensemble. 5 Oct 00.
-University Circle Wind Ensemble/ Gary Ciepluch. 01 Oct 00.
-Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps. Oct 00.
-University of Massachusetts/ Malcolm Powell. 24 Sep 00.
-FM High School/ Mitch Lutch. 31 May 00.
-University of Michigan/ Kevin Geraldi. 07 Apr 00.
-Saint Louis Wind Symphony/ Dan Presgrave. 26 Mar 00.
-Virginia Commonwealth University/ Terry Austin. 19, 25 Feb 00.

-Oakland University/ Greg Cunningham. 05 Dec 99
-Capital Wind Symphony/ George Etheridge. 21 Nov 99.
-University of Southern California. 29 Sept 99.
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