Bach at St Cecilia's Hall 1973
Late-night entertainment
A jazz invention based on the music of J.S. Bach
"Bach plays it cool"
Venue:
Frank Pantrini Quintet
Frank Pantrini - tenor saxophone
Johnny Goldie - trumpet
Kenny Crawford - piano
Rikki Fernandez - bass
Bill Lothian - drums
with Raymond Monelle - piano
and Peter Williams - harpsichord
Programme
Break City ... arr. Kenny Crawford
The Frank Pantrini Quartet
Three-part invention in F major ... Bach
Two-part invention in E flat major ... Bach
Raymond Monelle with Rikki Fernandez and Bill Lothian
Brandenburg be-bop ... Bach arr. Raymond Monelle
The Quintet
Three-part invention in G minor ... Bach
Two-part invention in A major ... Bach
Peter Williams
Secret Love ... arr. Frank Pantrini
The Quintet
French Suite no. 1, in D minor ... Bach
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gigue
Blue Mass ... Bach, arr. Raymond Monelle
Blue in Green ... arr. Kenny Crawford
Composer(s):
Performance Type:
Much baroque instrumental music, which looks so sedate and demure, was performed (we now know) with dotted rhythms and syncopations, called "notes inégales". In other words, it was "swung". Add to this the fact that clusters of extempore ornaments were added, and you realise that only the rhythm section - bass and drums - was lacking from something very like some modern jazz. Tonight we take several familiar morsels of Bach and review them in terms of straight performances plus rhythm; of "jazzed" version, plus improvisation; and finally in jazz band terms, leaving Bach behind as the players "go to town".
The quintet, famed for their "Jazz at the Clarendon" series, intersperse some of their own highly successful arrangements. RM.
Poster for the series Bach at St Cecilia's Hall 1973 plus an additional poster for this jazz concert, "Bach plays it cool".