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March of the Merry Men by Peter Erskine

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Album Title: Vienna to Hollywood: Impressions of E.W. Korngold & Max Steiner
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2025

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Peter Erskine

drums
b.1954

" data-original-title="" title="">Peter Erskine and Vienna's JAM Music Lab All-Stars celebrate the music of two iconic Viennese composers who, after moving to Hollywood in 1929 & 1934, transformed the dynamics of film as they set the standards for movie scoring. Through their work on Gone With the Wind, King Kong, and many dozens more, their role in shaping popular culture since is legion. First exposed to the music in the late '70s as he was touring with Weather Report, Erskine heard Joe Zawinul playing a beautiful melody and learned it was by Korngold, a fellow Viennese composer. He was moved to search out transcripts and recordings ever since. With his artist-in-residency at Vienna's cutting-edge JAM Music Lab University, his desire to reimagine this music in an improvised jazz setting finally became a reality.

Tracks

March of the Merry Men; Sterbelied (from Lieder des Abschieds, Op. 14); Old Spanish Song; The Boys Go to Play; Concerto Miniature (theme from Violin Concerto, 2nd mvt.); Romance (Violin Concerto, 2nd mvt.); Tara��s Theme; Belle Watling; Johnny Belinda; String Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 26 (Larghetto); A Summer Place; Ghost Coda (theme from Violin Concerto, 2nd mvt.).

Personnel

Peter Erskine

drums

Herwig Gradischnig

saxophone, baritone

Thomas Gansch

trumpet

Bertl Mayer

harmonica

Bob Sheppard

saxophone, tenor

Judd Miller

electronics

Andreas Varady

guitar

Danny Grissett

piano

Thatiana Gomes

bass, acoustic

Fabricio Pereira

bass, acoustic

Flip Philipp

vibraphone

Brian Kilgore?

percussion

Alyssa Park

violin

Kristina Suklar

violin

Anastasia Lindberg

violin

Mario Gheorghiu

viola

Julia Schreyvogel

cello

Additional Personnel

Bob Sheppard: flute.

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Vienna to Hollywood: Impressions of E.W. Korngold & Max Steiner by Jack Bowers

Date featured

February 4, 2025

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