Worldwide, the oboe (shawm) plays a meaningful role in ceremonial music. It serves as a call — to gather, to ripen, to elevate the spirit. Often, it is accompanied by a double-headed drum. The percussionists on this recording are, in many cases, playing traditional music. The oboe improvisations, performed exclusively on the western classical oboe, are influenced and inspired by the styles, techniques, art, and music of the very many Oboes Of the world. Brenda Schuman-Post, unites the modern European oboe with its ethnic counterparts and revitalizes its role in the world of music.
Brenda Schuman-Post is a uniquely versatile, virtuoso oboist. Committed to changing the ways that people think about the oboe, she has traversed an intriguing, adventurous musical path. Her impressive career includes performances as a freelance orchestral and chamber musician; concerto and cantata soloist; blue grass, jazz, pop, world fusion, and classical performing and recording artist. With her oboe/piano/accordion duo, "Classical Trash - Classical Music With A Twist," she has revived delightful salon music and revitalized the classical concert, bringing the oboe and its music to a wide variety of audiences. She has played over 300 recitals, in almost every conceivable venue — from concert halls to shopping malls, universities to county fairs, hospitals to drug rehabilitation centers.
An advocate of contemporary music, improvisation, and extended techniques, Brenda has inspired and premiered numerous compositions by Americans including Meyer Kupferman, Edmund Haines, Johnny Reinhard, and Kathleen St. John. Her interest in ethnic music and indigenous oboes (shawms) has led to her own innovative, improvised music. Brenda's CD Oboe Of The World has been praised by the press as "groundbreaking!"
Track Titles and Sound Bytes
The selected sound bytes below are recorded in mp3 format in both 32 and 128 kbps. If you use a dial-up connection you will want to choose the smaller file size. All music composed by Brenda Schuman-Post (ASCAP) ©1995 unless otherwise noted.
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| 1. | What a Wonderful World George David Weiss and Robert Thiele ©1967 Quartet Music (ASCAP) Mark Little, piano (courtesy Monarch Records) |
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| Africa | |||
| 2. | Koteba (Initiation Dance) Thank you, Meyer Kupferman! Tidjane Bangoura, balaphone; Babou Sagna, jimbe; E.W. Wainwright, jun jun) |
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| 3. | Reciprocity (Nyee-nya sara mu nyeenalty) Tidjane Bangoura, koura |
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| Venezuela | |||
| 4. | Caracas Jackeline Rago, furruco; Ray Davis, tambor veleño; E.W. Wainwright, charrasca |
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| 5. | Redheaded Racheal Jackeline Rago, Ray Davis, Maria Marquez, Rowan Jimenez, quitiplas (bamboo ensemble) |
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| 6. | El Plato Amarillo
Jackeline Rago, plato; Ray Davis and E.W. Wainwright, fulia drums |
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| North Africa | |||
| 7. | Tunisia
from Escales by Jacques Ibert Suzanne Garramone, piano |
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| China | |||
| 8. | Gordon
dedicated to Gordon Sherman (1928-1987) Yang-Qin Zhao, yangqin; Wang Hong, gaohu |
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| 9. | Peking Opera Style
Wang Hong, pai gu; Yang-Qin Zhao, jing luo; Pei-Kun Xi, cha |
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| Asia | |||
| 10. | Orientale
from Kaleidescope, Cesar Cui, Op. 50 Suzanne Garramone, piano |
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| India | |||
| 11. | Homage to Bismillah
Phil Hollenbeck, tabla |
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| United States | |||
| 12. | My Yiddishe Momme
Jack Yellen and Lew Pollack ©1925 Lew Pollack Music (ASCAP) Mark Little, piano; Tadao Shigematsu, bass; E.W. Wainwright, drums (courtesy Plainisphare) |
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| 13. | Bein' Green
Joe Raposo, arr. Mark Little ©1970 Jonico Music, Inc. (ASCAP) Mark Little, piano; Tadao Shigematsu, bass; E.W. Wainwright, drums |
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| Japan | |||
| 14. | Cranes
Brenda Schuman-Post |
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| Outer Limits | |||
| 15. | Killer "B"
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. E.W. Wainwright (BMI) E.W. Wainwright, drums |
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From The Press...
"She reminds me of John Coltrane."
Jim Madden - Jazz Club, WQLN radio
"A truly unique approach to third world music and jazz - one that deserves immediate attention."
Bill Cowan - Radio Geronimo
"She runs the entire gamut of what the oboe can do."
Avotcja - La Verdad Musical, KPOO radio
"Oboe Out Of This World!"
21st Century Music magazine
"World music fans will be delighted, Jazz fans will be intrigued, and everyone will be enlightened."
Jazz Now magazine
"An extraordinary musician. A pioneer. She is advancing the oboe to the solo forefront as much as John Coltrane did for the soprano saxophone with his recording of "My Favorite Things..."
Doug Edwards - Ear Thyme, KPFA/KPFC/KFCF radio
"It's great. I've played several different cuts, several times."
Jose Castro - Moondance, KUSF radio
"Its a daring album."
David Heymann - Canta Brasil, KKUP radio
"This CD proves that the world really isn't flat!"
Phavia Kujichagulia - African Roots of Jazz
"A knockout record."
Meyer Kupferman - award winning composer
"She liberates us from what we think is good."
Paul McCandless - jazz oboist, Windham Hill Jazz
From The Listeners...
"I love it! What a great variety of sounds, moods, styles, all in one place."
"It fills you with hope."
"Ravishing."
"You take from the past to give to the future."
"CD of the year!"
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