Cry Me A River - Hamilton / Nowak [ Sunset Serenades 2023 ]

"Cry Me A River"
Composer: Arthur Hamilton (1953)
Arranged by: Jerry Nowak (2002)
Performed by the Columbia Big Band [now Patuxent Jazz Band (PJB)]
Director: Matt Pisarcik
Columbia Bands, Inc.
Performed: July 19, 2023
Centennial Park Amphitheater, Ellicott City, MD, USA
Concert Playlist: • CBB: July 19, 2023 - S...
Our local Howard County Recreation & Parks department runs an incredible concert series every summer, the Sunset Serenades at Centennial Park Amphitheatre. They bring in local musical acts to perform for our friends, family, and neighbors in one of the beautiful public lakes in our community as the sun goes down behind the trees and the stars come out. This year we dodged the rain that bedevilled our prior appearances with this series and enjoyed a wonderful clear evening at the lakeside.
Rare are the songs so flexible that they can chart when performed by artists so diverse as Aerosmith, Barbara Streisand, and Rick Astley, yet "Cry Me A River" meets that mark. This 1953 Arthur Hamilton tune was first recorded by Julie London around the production of the film "Pete Kelly's Blues", a mid-50's throwback to the music and style of the 1920's. London executes the song with such aplomb that her version overshadows even the immediately-following Ella Fitzgerald release - it is London's recording, not Ella's, that sits in the Grammy Hall of Fame.
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Fly Me To The Moon - Bart Howard (1954) / Arr. Sammy Nestico (1991)
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Blackbird - Ray Henderson (music) (1926) & Mort Dixon (lyrics) (1926) / Arr. Tom Kubis (1980)
Venus, the Bringer of Peace - Gustav Holst (1917) / Arr. Jeremy Levy (2019)
Candy - Mack David, Joan Whitney, & Alex Kramer (1944 / 1977) / Arr. Kris Berg (1997)
Blue Moon - Richard Rodgers (music) (1933) & Lorenz Hart (lyrics) (1934) / Arr. Dave Wolpe
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The Columbia Big Band (CBB) [now Patuxent Jazz Band (PJB)] is an ensemble formed in October 2015. Our repertoire covers genres such as traditional Big Band, Bebop, Fusion, Swing and Latin, among others. We are members of the community who enjoy performing for all audiences. Though some members play and teach music professionally, the members are volunteers employed in a wide variety of professions who share a love of music. CBB is one of several bands within the Columbia Bands non-profit organization. The Columbia Big Band hopes to bring the enjoyment of big band music to a wide audience. We look forward to seeing you at our concerts!