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Wednesday October 24, 2012
From Kickstarter
Ghost Train Orchestra: Book of Rhapsodies
By: Brian Carpenter
Join us as we reimagine exciting arrangements of chamber jazz from the 1930s. Pre-order the album, bonus tracks, and more!
BOOK OF RHAPSODIES…
A new recording by BRIAN CARPENTER’S GHOST TRAIN ORCHESTRA
We are the Ghost Train Orchestra and we need your support!
In 2006 I was hired to be the musical director for the 90th anniversary of a historical theater in Boston. I decided to rearrange lost treasures from the late 1920s Chicago and Harlem and rearrange them for a 10-piece band I called the Ghost Train Orchestra. It was an incredible run of shows, but because of the size of the band, years went by before I could afford to record and mix it properly. Finally, last year we released our first CD Hothouse Stomp: The Music of 1920s Chicago and Harlem. Following the great success of that album, I was able to break even on the expenses and embark on developing arrangements for a second album.
Book of Rhapsodies is our second effort, a hugely ambitious concept album of reimaginings of the work of four composers from 1935-1942 whose work straddled the line between jazz and classical music: Alec Wilder, Charlie Shavers, Reginald Foresythe, and Raymond Scott. Their music was unclassifiable, strange, beautiful, adventurous, and innovative. Some of the pieces I chose have not been released since the original 78s and in the case of Alec Wilder and Reginald Foresythe, some of the music has been lost and sadly forgotten.
Until now…after 16 months of research, transcribing, and rearranging, I can say that Book of Rhapsodies is my most fully-realized and ambitious project to date. I’ve retooled these amazing treasures for the Ghost Train Orchestra, 12 members strong. The ensemble includes musicians I’ve been playing with for many years, who have worked with me in the New York area over the years developing this music through live performances. This time around I brought in bassist Michael Bates (a bandleader himself),violist Tanya Kalmanovitch (Home, Anthony Coleman), and an old friend of 20 years, guitarist Avi Bortnick (of John Scofield’s band).
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