Friday, October 7, 2016

The Music Man: Iowa Stubborn

The Music Man
Recorded in 1962 at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest, NJ

03 Iowa Stubborn
Ensemble

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

The Music Man: Finale

The Music Man
Recorded in 1962 at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest, NJ
18 Finale
Orchestra

The Music Man: Double Reprise

The Music Man
Recorded in 1962 at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest, NJ
17 Double Reprise
Toni Holm and Wilson Ford

The Music Man: Till There Was You

The Music Man
Recorded in 1962 at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest, NJ
16 Till There Was You
Toni Holm and Wilson Ford

The Music Man: Gary, Indiana

The Music Man
Recorded in 1962 at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest, NJ
15 Gary, Indiana
Charles Pollock

The Music Man: Lida Rose and Will I Ever Tell You

The Music Man
Recorded in 1962 at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest, NJ
14 Lida Rose and Will I Ever Tell You
Toni Holm and Quartet

The Music Man: Shipoopi

The Music Man
Recorded in 1962 at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest, NJ
13 Shipoopi
Richard DaFabees and Ensemble

The Music Man: It's You

The Music Man
Recorded in 1962 at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest, NJ
12 It's You
K. Tarkin, P. Sonnichsen, W. Fox, L. Borger

The Music Man: Wells Fargo Wagon

The Music Man
Recorded in 1962 at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest, NJ
11 Wells Fargo Wagon
Charles Polloch and Ensemble

The Music Man: Marian The Librarian

The Music Man
Recorded in 1962 at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest, NJ
10 Marian The Librarian
Wilson Ford

The Music Man: Pickalittle and Goodnight Ladies

The Music Man
Recorded in 1962 at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest, NJ

09 Pickalittle and Goodnight Ladies
E Boyle, K. Prager, W. Fox, S. Nickel, L. Southam, P. Sonnichsen, S. Beddoe, L. Borger, K. Tarkin

The Music Man: Seventy-Six Trombones

The Music Man
Recorded in 1962 at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest, NJ

07 Seventy-Six Trombones
Wilson Ford and Ensemble

The Music Man: Goodnight, My Someone

The Music Man
Recorded in 1962 at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest, NJ

06 Goodnight, My Someone
Toni Holm

The Music Man: Piano Lesson

The Music Man
Recorded in 1962 at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest, NJ

05 Piano Lesson
Toni Holm and Lois Dolt

The Music Man: You Got Trouble

The Music Man
Recorded in 1962 at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest, NJ

04 You Got Trouble
Wilson Ford and Ensemble

The Music Man: The Sadder, But Wiser Girl

The Music Man
Recorded in 1962 at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest, NJ

08 The Sadder, But Wiser Girl
Wilson Ford

The Music Man: Rock Island

The Music Man
Recorded in 1962 at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest, NJ

02 Rock Island Richard Livingson and Traveling Salesmen
Marshall Katzman, train conductor

The Music Man: Overture

The Music Man
Recorded in 1962 at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest, NJ

01 Overture 

Orchestra


Wednesday, September 28, 2016

I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face

I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face

My Fair Lady


Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and Music by Frederick Loewe
Click To Play I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
My Fair Lady recorded at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest New Jersey 1965

Without You

Without You

My Fair Lady


Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and Music by Frederick Loewe
Click To Play Without You
My Fair Lady recorded at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest New Jersey 1965

Get Me To The Church On Time

Get Me To The Church On Time

My Fair Lady


Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and Music by Frederick Loewe
Click To Play Get Me To The Church On Time

My Fair Lady recorded at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest New Jersey 1965

Show Me

Show Me

My Fair Lady


Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and Music by Frederick Loewe
Click To Play Show Me

My Fair Lady recorded at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest New Jersey 1965

You Did It

You Did It

My Fair Lady


Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and Music by Frederick Loewe
Click To Play You Did It

My Fair Lady recorded at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest New Jersey 1965

On The Street Where You Live

On The Street Where You Live


My Fair Lady


Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and Music by Frederick Loewe
Click To Play On The Street Where You Live

My Fair Lady recorded at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest New Jersey 1965

Ascot Gavotte

Ascot Gavotte

My Fair Lady


Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and Music by Frederick Loewe
Click To Play Ascot Gavotte

My Fair Lady recorded at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest New Jersey 1965

I Could Have Danced All Night

I Could Have Danced All Night


My Fair Lady

Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and Music by Frederick Loewe
Click To Play  I Could Have Danced All Night

My Fair Lady recorded at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest New Jersey 1965

The Rain In Spain

The Rain In Spain

My Fair Lady

Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and Music by Frederick Loewe
Click To Play  The Rain In Spain


My Fair Lady recorded at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest New Jersey 1965

 

 

Just You Wait

Just You Wait

My Fair Lady

Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and Music by Frederick Loewe
Click To Play  Just You Wait


My Fair Lady recorded at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest New Jersey 1965

 

 

I'm An Ordinary Man

I'm An Ordinary Man

My Fair Lady

Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and Music by Frederick Loewe
Click To Play  I'm An Ordinary Man


My Fair Lady recorded at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest New Jersey 1965 

 

 

With A Little Bit Of Luck

With A Little Bit Of Luck

My Fair Lady

Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and Music by Frederick Loewe

Click To Play  With A Little Bit Of Luck
My Fair Lady recorded at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest New Jersey 1965

Wouldn't It Be Loverly

Wouldn't It Be Loverly

My Fair Lady

Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and Music by Frederick Loewe

Click To Play  Wouldn't It Be Loverly

My Fair Lady recorded at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest New Jersey 1965

Why Can't The English

My Fair Lady

Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and Music by Frederick Loewe

Click To Play  Why Can't The English

My Fair Lady recorded at Northern Valley Regional High School, Demarest New Jersey 1965

Saturday, July 16, 2016

Prince Edward Island's Longest Running Ceilidhs


Click To Play "Working Man"  Featuring Michael Pendergast Vocals, Accordion and “Uncle” Tom McSwiggan Vocals, Accordion

Michael Pendergast

 “Uncle” Tom McSwiggan

Recorded live on 6/7/16 at the Women's Institute Hall in Stanley Bridge, P.E.I. with Michael Pendergast Vocals, Accordion, Piano – “Uncle” Tom McSwiggan Vocals, Accordion, Harmonica - Shane Pendergast Vocals, Guitar- Nathan Condon Vocals, Bass Guitar, Fiddle, Step Dancer. Tom McSwiggan and Michael Pendergast have hosted one of Prince Edward Island's longest running ceilidhs.

Click To Play "Working Man"  Featuring Michael Pendergast Vocals, Accordion and “Uncle” Tom McSwiggan Vocals, Accordion



Thursday, July 14, 2016

Prince Edward Island's Longest Running Ceilidhs


Click To Play "Red Haired Mary" Featuring Shane Pendergast Vocals and Guitar


Recorded live on 6/7/16 at the Women's Institute Hall in Stanley Bridge, P.E.I.
With  Michael Pendergast Vocals, Accordion, Piano
“Uncle” Tom McSwiggan Vocals, Accordion, Harmonica
Shane Pendergast Vocals, Guitar
Nathan Condon Vocals, Bass Guitar, Fiddle, Step Dancer
Veronica Murray Step Dancer

 Tom McSwiggan and Michael Pendergast have hosted one of Prince Edward Island's longest running ceilidhs.

http://www.journalpioneer.com/Living/2015-09-29/article-4293699/McSwiggan-and-Pendergast-host-last-of-Stanley-Bridge-ceilidhs-/1


Shane Pendergast



Click To Play "Red Haired Mary" Featuring Shane Pendergast Vocals and Guitar

Sunday, February 21, 2016

The Art of Jim Tanaka

Click To Play "The Art of Jim Tanaka"

Jim Tanaka

March 17, 200

Interview With  James U. Tanaka

(1917-2008)

Jim Tanaka

Click Here To Listen To This Interview





JT: I was born in Nevada. Near Reno, Nevada in 1917. Let’s see, I went to an art
school in Los Angeles and I was always interested in art and I thought maybe
if I went to art school I would learn more about what they did, how they did
it and so forth.

MK: Did you have an interest in art when you were a child? Or did the art
come later?

JT: A little later, I guess, yes. Perhaps when I was in high school.

MK: When did you start working with Walt Disney?

JT: At Disney? Oh, that was…I guess…let’s see…You know it was after Disney
that I went to art school ‘cause I never had a chance to go to art school.
Didn’t have any money actually, but anyway, I went to school…. Yeah…after I
worked at Disney. A friend of my brother knew a friend who had a friend who
worked at Disney. They were looking for artists so I went for an interview
and I got the job.

MK: I recall a Donald Duck orange juice can. Was that one of your creations?

JT: It could have been. It’s been so long ago now, I can’t remember too many
things, but I guess it was one of the things that I worked on.

MK: What made you decide to leave Walt Disney?

JT: I retired actually. When I was 60 years old I retired from
Disney and started doing some freelance work.

MK: I believe you had a jazz series at the Turning Point in Piermont, New
York many years ago.

JT: That was the first time I had a chance to meet with people who were in
that field. You know, selling posters and original paintings. That’s the
first contact I had, was right there and it was a very exciting period for
me.

MK: I remember a collage that you created where you’re playing the
trumpet. Are you also a musician?

JT: No I’m not. I did have a painting like that?

MK: It was a collage and in the middle of the collage you’re holding a trumpet.


JT: I've always been interested in jazz since I was in high school I guess. I didn’t play any
instruments and I wasn’t in with a jazz group but I loved jazz and always
went to jazz shows in New York, in the Village. And there I got to know the
feeling of what jazz was about and I really enjoyed it.

MK:‘Stomping at the Savoy’, was that a series that you painted?

JT: Yeah…Stomping at the…gosh…you remind me of so many things. Stomping at
the Savoy, I believe is a title of a song.

MK: Benny Goodman, it was a Benny Goodman piece.

JT: Yeah, right. Yes, I title, I guess, a lot of my paintings from popular
songs.

MK: Whenever I ride my bicycle up Clausland Mountain I'm
reminded of your woodcut of Clausland Mountain.



JT: Oh, you bring me back such memories. I vaguely remember that.

MK: You made this for a benefit.

JT: Oh yes. I know that I did some paintings for a benefit and I forget who
it was for or what.

MK: I think it was a project to preserve Clausland Mountain.

JT: Oh yeah, yeah. I remember that now, yes.

MK: A while back I recall watching a sitcom and finding one of your paintings in the set.



JT: Oh is that right? God! I remember…off and on I see my paintings in
the background of a program or something.

MK: Have you had the opportunity to do any painting recently?

JT: No ... very little. You know I’m 85 years old now and I haven’t done very
much. Though I’m thinking of going back to painting. The thing that I’m
interested in right now are abstract paintings. I found an old painting and
I was looking at it and I said you know it's pretty good. I think probably I'll go back to abstract painting.

MK: With oil or watercolor?

JT: With acrylic.

MK: Acrylic?

JT: Yeah.

MK: Well thank you very much for calling.

JT: Well, it was nice talking to you.


Jim Tanaka