410716BD-E10D-44C4-9B5A-60B28311A03C
| ID | 410716BD-E10D-44C4-9B5A-60B28311A03C |
|---|---|
| Titlecode | S937CB |
| Title Name | Jug Blues and Fat Pickin' |
| Marketing Copy | Originally commissioned for the celebration of Tennessee's "Homecoming '86," Jug Blues & Fat Pickin’ 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. |
| Instrumentation | 3+2 Piccolos.2.3+Eb Clar+2 Bass Clarinet+ContraBCl.2.AATB Saxes: 4.3.3.2 Euph.1: Timp.Perc(3) |
| Commission | Commissioned by the State of Tennessee Department of Education. |
| Dedication | (not set) |
| Program Notes | 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 |
| Title Brand | 4 |
| Year Composed | 1986 |
| Copyright Number | (not set) |
| Copyright Year | (not set) |
| Duration | 8 |
| Ensemble Size | 13 |
| Date Created | 2013-06-21 20:27:18.000000 |
| Date Updated | 2025-09-30 20:27:18 |
| Inhouse Note | (not set) |
| Bsc Code | (not set) |
| Text Author | (not set) |
| Premier Performance Memo | (not set) |
| Recording Credits | Recorded by The St. Olaf Band, St. Olaf Records CD. Recorded by Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps, Traditions 4 1999-2001 The New Era, CD. Recorded by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Wind Ensemble, Penguin Digital Recordings CD and CASS. College-Co. Recorded by CINCINNATI WIND SYMPHONY, Eugene Corporon, Conductor. Klavier records K 11059. |
| Review | (not set) |
| Awards | (not set) |
| Title Category | 0 |
| Title Movements | (not set) |
| Title Grade | 9 |
| Set Series ID | (not set) |
| Title Instrument Category Text | Concert Band |
| Title Sub Category Text | (not set) |
| Title Sub Category | 31 |
| Title Instrument Header | 0 |
| Title Grade Text | (not set) |
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