Sacred Dreams, Righteous Themes: The music of Duke Ellington, Mary Lou Williams, and John Clayton
In a time marked by division and unrest, jazz icons Duke Ellington and Mary Lou Williams each found solace and inspiration in creating sacred music. The LA Master Chorale’s latest recording revisits these trailblazing works, blending them with a fresh composition by John Clayton. The recording was captured live at the Walt
Disney Concert Hall over 2 days, and features 80 singers, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, and soloists John Holiday, Carmen Lundy, Daniel Rich, and Reenah Golden. It is co-conducted by Grant Gershon and John Clayton, and produced by John Beasley. We are excited and honored to share this music which was created to provide uplift and solidarity in a turbulent world.
(Recorded at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on June 10 & 11, 2023.)
Ellington / Williams Recording Information
Album Title: Sacred Dreams, Righteous Themes: The Music of Duke Ellington, Mary Lou Williams,
and John Clayton
Producer: John Beasley
Mixing Engineers: John Beasley, Fred Vogler
Recording Engineer: Fred Vogler
Mastering Engineer: Gavin Lurssen
ARTISTS
Grant Gershon, conductor
John Clayton, conductor
Carmen Lundy, soloist
John Holiday, soloist
Daniel Rich, soloist
Reenah Golden, spoken word artist
Trumpet
Bijon Watson, lead trumpet
Clay Jenkins
Gilbert Castellanos
Mike Cottone
James Ford
Kye Palmer
Trombone
Ira Nepus, lead trombone
Ivan Malespin
Erik Hughes
Juliane Gralle, bass trombone & tuba
Saxophone
Keith Fiddmont, lead alto saxophone
Jacob Scesney, alto 2
Rickey Woodard, 1st Tenor Saxophone
Charles Owen, 2nd Tenor Saxophone
Adam Schroeder, baritone saxophone
Rhythm Section
Jeff Hamilton, drums
Jon Hamar, bass
Zack Caplinger, guitar
Sam Hirsh, piano
Soprano
Tamara Bevard
Christina Bristow
Hayden Eberhart
Claire Fedoruk
Harriet Fraser
Graycen Gardner
Ayana Haviv
Karen Hogle Brown
Caroline McKenzie
Alina Roitstein
Anna Schubert
Sunmi Shin
Addy Sterrett
Courtney Taylor
Rebecca Tomlinson
Chloe Vaught
Suzanne Waters
Elyse Willis
Sunjoo Yeo
Andrea Zomorodian
Alto
Garineh Avakian
Aleta Braxton
Janelle DeStefano
Amy Fogerson
Michele Hemmings
Callista Hoffman Campbell
Shabnam Kalbasi
Sharon Chohi Kim
Sharmila G. Lash
Sarah Lynch
Adriana Manfredi
Cynthia Marty
Margaurite Mathis
Alice Kirwan Murray
Lindsay Patterson Abdou
Jessie Shulman
Niké St. Clair
Ilana Summers
Kimberly Switzer
Tracy Van Fleet
Tenor
Matthew Brown
Bradley Chapman
Daniel Curran
Adam Faruqi
Jon Lee Keenan
Dermot Kiernan
Charlie Kim
Shawn Kirchner
Joey Krumbein
Charles Lane
Michael Lichtenauer
JJ Lopez
Sal Malaki
Matthew Miles
Robert Norman
Edmond Rodriguez
Todd Strange
Matthew Thomas
Matthew Tresler
Bass
Derrell Acon
Michael Bannett
Reid Bruton
John Buffett
David Castillo
Will Goldman
Abdiel Gonzalez
Scott Graff
James Hayden
David Dong Geun Kim
Luc Kleiner
Chung Uk Lee
Scott Lehmkuhl
Ben Wan Lin
Brett McDermid
Jamal Moore
Jim Raycroft
Adrien Redford
Mark Edward Smith
Shuo Zhai
The singers of the Los Angeles Master Chorale are represented by the American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO, James Hayden, AGMA Delegate.
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