Salt River Brass presents "The Great American Songbook"

THE SONGBOOKWith this background, the opportunity to visit compositions by Cole Porter and George Gershwin as well as the writing teams of Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe and Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart was a love affair from the start. Getting to recreate the classic sounds of Nelson Riddle and Billy Byers as well as performing pieces by modern big band writers like John Clayton, Wycliffe Gordon and Bill Reichenbach was a thrill and a wonderful style trip for a brass band. Dan Bukvich, Sam Pilafian and I all contributed ballad arrangements that made perfect settings for Harry to weave his sonic imagination! The journey to work with Harry on these particular songs with this band of great musicians was pure joy! I hope you enjoy listening to this music as much as we enjoyed making it! YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO - C. Porter ALL OF ME - G. Marks & S. Simons, arr. B. Byers, orch. P. Sheridan AND SO IT GOES - B. Joel, arr. P. Sheridan NICE TO MEET YOU - J. Clay