New York, New York!
Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it's Tom Service, exploring the music of The Big Apple, from its underground scene to John and Yoko's loft and Superman's skies.
Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it's Tom Service, exploring the musical life of The Big Apple, from its underground scene to John and Yoko's loft and Superman's skies. He roams The City That Never Sleeps, whose origins as the swampy "hilly island" known as Mana-hatta are buried under the modern day powerhouse that acts as both setting and character in the music it inspires. From Bach in the subway to minimalist taxi drivers and King Kong, by way of Varese, Thomas Ades and Bernstein, Tom celebrates this astonishing musical city.
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Leonard Bernstein
On The Town - New York, New York
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Performer: Adolph Green. Performer: Cris Alexander. Performer: John Battles. Performer: John Reardon. Performer: Michael Kermoyan. Performer: On The Town Ensemble. Performer: On the Town Orchestra.- Masterworks Broadway.
- G010001222872P.
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Isaac Hayes
Theme From Shaft
Performer: Isaac Hayes. Music Arranger: N/A.- STAX.
- CDSXD-021.
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Dee Dee Ramone
Rockaway Beach
Performer: Ramones.- Rhino.
- POCD-8603.
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Danny Elfman
Batman - Main Theme
Performer: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.- Silva Screen Records.
- SILCD1276.
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John Kander
Theme From New York, New York
Performer: Frank Sinatra.- Reprise.
- 7599-23927-2.
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Bob Dylan
Blowin' In The Wind
Performer: Bob Dylan.- CBS.
- 62193.
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AntonĂn Dvořák
Symphony no. 9 in E minor, III. Molto vivace (From the New World)
Conductor: Kurt Masur. Performer: New York Philharmonic.- Warner Classics.
- 190296485640.
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Madonna
Into The Groove
Performer: Madonna.- Warner.
- 7599-264402.
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Billy Strayhorn
Take The A Train
Performer: Della Reese. Performer: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.- Acrobat Music.
- AMACD024.
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Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
The Message
- Castle Music.
- CMRCD575.
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Kenny Gerard
New York, New York (So Good They Named It Twice)
Music Arranger: N/A. Performer: Kenny Gerard.- RCA.
- PL-25218.
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William Grant Still
The American Scene (The East) - Manhattan Skyline
Conductor: Richard Auldon Clark. Performer: Margaret Astrup. Performer: Manhattan Chamber Orchestra.- Newport Classics LTD.
- N/A.
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David Shire
Manhattan Skyline
Performer: David Shire.- Bee Gees Catalogue.
- 00602567052128.
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Meredith Monk
Ellis Island
Performer: Ursula Oppens.- ECM.
- 4810712.
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Traditional folk song
New York Girls
Performer: The Exmouth Shanty Men.- N/A.
- N/A.
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Claudia Feliciano
Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)
Composer: Jeffery Penalva. Composer: Keinan Warsame. Composer: Linâ€Manuel Miranda. Composer: Rene Perez Jolger. Composer: Riz MC. Performer: Rene Perez Jolger. Performer: Riz MC. Performer: Snow tha Product. Performer: K’naan.- Atlantic Records.
- 075679922311.
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Charles Ives
2 Contemplations - Central Park In The Dark
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Performer: New York Philharmonic.- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 00028947915126.
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Billy Strayhorn
Take The A Tain
Performer: Della Reese. Performer: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.- Acrobat Music.
- AMACD024.
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Stephen Sondheim
Company - Another Hundred People
Conductor: Harold Hastings. Performer: Pamela Myers. Performer: Company Orchestra. Performer: Original Broadway Cast Orchestra.- Masterworks Broadway.
- G0100009105787.
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Madonna
Get Into The Groovey
Performer: Ciccone Youth.- Blast First.
- BFFP 28 CD.
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John Zorn
The Double AA
Performer: Eugene Chadbourne. Performer: John Zorn.- Materiali Sonori.
- 8012957069834.
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Neal Hefti
Batman Theme
Performer: Neal Hefti.- RCA VICTOR.
- 88697087952.
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John Zorn
Batman
Performer: John Zorn.- ELEKTRA NONESUCH.
- 7559-79238-2.
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Danny Elfman
Batman - Main Theme
Performer: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.- Silva Screen Records.
- SILCD1276.
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Hans Zimmer
A Dark Knight
Composer: James Newton Howard. Performer: Hans Zimmer.- Warner Sunset.
- 9362-49860-0.
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Edgard Varèse
Ameriques
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: New York Philharmonic.- Sony classical.
- SK-45844.
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AntonĂn Dvořák
Symphony no. 9 in E minor, I Adagio - Allegro molto (From the New World)
Conductor: Kurt Masur. Performer: New York Philharmonic.- WARNER CLASSICS.
- 190296485640.
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James Reece Europe
The Clef Club March
Performer: Rick Benjamin. Performer: Paragon Ragtime Orchestra.- New World Records.
- 093228061120.
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Steve Reich
Four organs
Performer: Bang on a Can. Performer: Steve Reich.- Nonesuch.
- xxx-xxx.
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Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story - Act 1. Mambo
Performer: Members of the Cast. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- Deutsche Grammophone.
- 415253-2.
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John Williams - Composer
Superman: The Movie - The Flying Sequence
Performer: John Williams - Composer.- Varese Sarabande.
- 00030206598193.
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Philip Glass
Music In 12 Parts - Part 1
Performer: Philip Glass Ensemble.- Nonesuch.
- 7559.
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Laurie Anderson
O SUPERMAN
Music Arranger: N/A. Performer: Laurie Anderson.- Nonesuch.
- NS011T.
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Thomas Adès
America (A Prophecy) Part 2 - Burn, Burn, Burn
Conductor: Thomas Ades (1971). Performer: Susan Bickley. Performer: ---- See CITY OF BIRMINGHAM S O CBSO....- Warner Classics.
- 5576102.
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Tyshawn Sorey
Bertha's Lair
Performer: Claire Chase.- Corbett vs. Dempsey Records.
- N/A.
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Edgard Varèse
Ameriques
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: New York Philharmonic.- Sony classical.
- SK-45844.
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Leonard Bernstein
On the town - New York, New York
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Performer: Adolph Green. Performer: Cris Alexander. Performer: John Battles. Performer: John Reardon. Performer: Michael Kermoyan. Performer: On The Town Ensemble. Performer: On the Town Orchestra.- Masterworks Broadway.
- G010001222872P.
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