TEN Liner Notes
TEN celebrates the culmination of a decade of music making by the Asian American Orchestra and showcases the musical breadth of the Orchestra’s repertoire, from original works by Anthony Brown to the Orchestra’s internationally acclaimed reinterpretations of classics by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Thelonious Monk, George Gershwin and Charles Mingus.
Anthony Brown: drumset, percussion; Danny Bittker: steel pans, reeds (2-5); Georgia Brown: percussion (3); Will Bernard: guitar (2-3); Louis Fasman: trumpet, fluegelhorn (2-5, 7-9, 11-13); Henry Hung: trumpet, fluegelhorn (1, 2-5, 11); Mark Izu: bass, Chinese mouth organ; Jon Jang: piano (11, 13-15); Qi Chao Liu: Chinese flute, mouth organ, reed trumpet (12-15); Masaru Koga: reeds (2-5); Melecio Magdaluyo: reeds; Dave Martell: trombone, tuba (2-5, 7-9, 11-13); Marcia Miget: reeds (1-5, 10); Hafez Modirzadeh: reeds (7-9, 11-15); Jim Norton: reeds (2-5, 7-9, 11-13); Wayne Wallace: trombone; Hong Wang: Chinese viola, violin, flute, mouth organ (3-5, 7-9); John Worley: trumpet, fluegelhorn (7-9, 11-15); Francis Wong: reeds (7-9, 11-15); Yangqin Zhao: Chinese hammered dulcimer (3-6, 8-10).
Special Guests: Steve Lacy: soprano sax (9, 10), Frank Martin: piano (1, 4, 6, 10), David Murray: bass clarinet (4), San Jose Taiko: percussion (15), Ganqin Zhao: Chinese hammered dulcimer (3).
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