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David Amram On Piano Jazz

He went on to play horn in the legendary jazz bands of Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie and Lionel Hampton. He is a prolific composer whose music is based on Latin American, Middle Eastern, ancient Jewish and modern idioms. In this 1991 session, Amram performs on piano, horn and a variety of flutes and whistles.

Originally broadcast in the fall of 1983.

Set List

  • "Splendor In The Grass" (Amram)

  • "Georgia On My Mind" (Carmichael)

  • "Blue Monk" (Monk)

  • "Pensativa" (Fisher)

  • "I Can't Get Started" (Duke, Gershwin)

  • "With You In Mind" (McPartland)

  • "Take The A Train" (Strayhorn)
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