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Bach in the Hood
Earl Stewart
4th Annual Nakupenda Concert
Baching the Blues (a Blues Chachonne)
Suzanne Duffy, Flute • Jennifer Sayre, Harp
Baching the Blues (a Blues Chachonne)
Suzanne Duffy, Flute • Jennifer Sayre, Harp
Inventions Sacred and Profane
Laura Hackstein, Violin • Claudia Kiser, Cello
Laura Hackstein, Violin • Claudia Kiser, Cello
Blues Invention No. 1
Kirsten Monke, Viola • Claudia Kiser, Cello
Kirsten Monke, Viola • Claudia Kiser, Cello
Blues Invention No. 2
Suzanne Duffy, Flute • Jennifer Sayre, Harp
Suzanne Duffy, Flute • Jennifer Sayre, Harp
Trio Sonata
Movement 1: Swing
Movement 2: Canonic Rag
Movement 3: Ngoma
Movement 4: Jazz Waltz
Suzanne Duffy, Flute • Kirsten Monke, Viola • Claudia Kiser, Cello
Jennifer Sayre, Harp • Austin Beatty, Drums
Earl L. Stewart is an Associate Professor in the Department of Black
Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara and adjunct
to the College of Creative Studies. He received his B.A. in Music Education
from Southern University, Baton Rouge, studying under Walter Craig
and the late Alvin Batiste in its Jazz Institute. He then received
his M.A. and D.M.A. in Music Composition from the University of Texas
at Austin, studying with Karl Korte, Joseph Schwantner, and world-renowned
author of Counterpoint (the late) Kent Kennan.
Stewart’s compositions have been performed by soloists Brenda
Wimberly, Carolyn Sebron, and Metropolitan Opera diva Barbara Conrad;
choreographer Chuck Davis; jazz artists Julian Cannonball Adderly,
Alvin Batiste, and Kent Jordan; classical pianists Lucius Whethersby
and Richard Thompson and classical violinist Rachel Jordan. Earl Stewart
defines his music as “eclectic.” His music touches the
part of us that is uniquely “American” with a technique
that is at once both African and European. Stewart is the author of
African American Music: An Introduction.Movement 1: Swing
Movement 2: Canonic Rag
Movement 3: Ngoma
Movement 4: Jazz Waltz
Suzanne Duffy, Flute • Kirsten Monke, Viola • Claudia Kiser, Cello
Jennifer Sayre, Harp • Austin Beatty, Drums
Program recording date & length: 04-03-08 • 85:00
