Bruce Abbott Music Originals
Gregorio
Categories: Latin (Bossa Rock), Modal
Description: AABA form, tempo = 136. A modal style tune using two key centers. From the album Summer Mood.
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Cape Cod Jazz Quintet: Steve Ahern (trumpet), Bruce Abbott (saxes/flute), Fred Boyle (piano), Ron Ormsby (bass) & Bart Weisman (drums).
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About this piece: This song was written for musician Greg Greenway. In the 1990s, when I was teaching at Nauset Regional High School on Cape Cod, I joined Greg and fellow Nauset faculty member and percussionist Lisa Brown to present annual concerts to benefit the Clothesline Project, an organization that addresses issues of domestic violence in our communities. It's a heavy topic, but we sought to keep the fund-raising concerts upbeat and fun. To that end I invented an alter-ego for Greg who I named Gregorio via Verdi. The real Greg Greenway is a folk-rock singer-songwriter-guitarist. His alter-ego, Gregorio via Verdi, is a jazz pianist from Rome, Maine - home of the Caesar salad! For Gregorio's first concert appearance Greg dressed in sunglasses, beret and scarf. To our surprise it took many of his longtime fans some time to figure out who he really was! I composed this song to play with Greg on piano during the jazz part of the concert. Some time later I had the great pleasure of performing and recording this song with the Cape Cod Jazz Quintet.
"Gregorio" composed by Bruce Abbott and performed by the Cape Cod Jazz Quintet: Steve Ahern (trumpet), Bruce Abbott (sax/flute), Fred Boyle (piano), Ron Ormsby (bass), & Bart Weisman (drums). Recorded live at the 10th Annual Provincetown Jazz Festival Saturday, August 16, 2014 at Provincetown Town Hall, Cape Cod. Video by Ray Drueke, Austin Lane Studios.
From the 12th annual Clothesline Concert in 2011. "Every Little Day" - Left to right: Greg Greenway (composer-piano-vocals), Bruce Abbott (alto sax), Tom Tracy (bass, vocals), Laird Boles (vocals) & Lisa Brown (percussion, vocals)
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If you perform or record my music please give it proper credit according to this license and inform me of the performance or recording. Any video and/or audio links as well as copies of concert programs will also be much appreciated!
Enjoy!
Bruce
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If you perform or record my music please give it proper credit according to this license and inform me of the performance or recording. Any video and/or audio links as well as copies of concert programs will also be much appreciated!
Enjoy!
Bruce
[email protected]