ALEC WILDER-CLUES TO A LIFE
Composer: Alec
Wilder
Lyricist: Various
Opened: February 3, 1982,
Vineyard Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 20
Note: Only recordings of songs not found on the original cast ablum, Original Cast (S) OC-8237, are noted below.
A
Child Is Born (L: Thad Jones):
1. Yana Purim, RCA 1030551 (Yana
Purim)
2. The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album, Improv 1977 (Tony Bennett and
Bill Evans) [reissued as CD/Fantasy 30177]
3. Together Again, CD/Concord
Jazz 2198 (Tony Bennett and Bill Evans) (includes an alternate take)
4.
Quintessence, CD/Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-698-2 (Bill Evans Quintet)
5.
Songs Of Alec Wilder, CD/Albany Troy 404 (Valerie Errante with Rovert Wason,
piano, and Aleck Brinkman, double-bass)
6. September Songs: The Music Of
Wilder, Weill And Warren, CD/High Note HCD 7114 (Wesla Whitfield with the Mike
Greensill Trio)
7. A Song For Christmas, CD/Songkeepers INZ001 (Ida Zecco
with music conducted by Tom LaMark)
8. Dee Dee Bridgewater In Montreux,
CD/Verve 13833 (Dee Dee Bridgewater)
9. Christmas Time Is Here, CD/Unknown
label (Lynn Roberts & Friends)
10. Years Of My Youth, CD/Seaside 130
(Steve Marvin)
11. Songs Spun Of Gold, CD/Fordyce (Elli Fordyce)
12. I
Wish, CD/Moira Danis 31567 (Moira Danis)
13. In The Spirit,
CD/Winthrop/Golden Chords (Marieann Meringolo)
14. A Greater Love, CD/MisD
215213 (Nancy Donnelly)
15. Alone Together, CD/Wolf Rose 6001 (Ben Aronov,
piano, and Jay Leonhart, bass)
16. An NPR Jazz Christmas With Marian
McPartland And Friends, Vol. 3, CD/NPR Recordings 0038 (Susannah McCorkle with
Marian McPartland, piano)
17. Christmas Cookies: Jazz Treats For The
Holidays, CD/Arbors 19122 (Dave Gannett, tuba, Charlie Bertini, trumpet, Randy
Morris, piano, and Ed Metz, drums)
18. Double Rainbow, CD/Shira Records
1003 (Rebecca Parris)
19. The Secret Of Christmas, CD/Shira Records
(Rebecca Parris)
20. Holiday Jazz Blizzard, CD/Valve Amplication Company
703 (North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra)
21. Jazz, CD/RCA 60548 (Cleo
Laine)
22. Christmas At The Stables, CD/Audio-B 5011 (Cleo Laine)
23.
One On One, CD/Audiophile ACD-259 (Mike Campbell)
24. Mr. Taste, CD/Justin
Time R2-79379 (Ed Thigpen)
25. Live, CD/Fourtitute Records 515 (Miami
Saxophone Quartet)
26. Just In Time For Christmas, CD/Midder Music 004
(Nancy LaMott)
27. Jazz Mirage, CD/Joel Chassan 7732 (Joel Chassan)
28.
There Is A Song, CD/Light in the Attic Records 15 (The Free Design)
29.
This Christmas, CD/Declare Music 2701 (Clairdee)
30. Something Old,
Something New, CD/Sunnyside 1046 (Bobby Routch)
31. University Of North
Texas College Of Music 1997 Music Sampler, CD/UNT College of Music 1997
(unknown performer)
32. Tonight, CD/Unknown label 10891 (Robin Aleman)
33. Believe In Spring, CD/Stunt STUCD 07182 (Hans Ulrik, Steve Swallow, and
Jonas Johansen)
Lovers And Losers (L:
William Engvick):
1. Lovers And Losers, Audiophile
(S) AP 117 (Teddi King accompanied by Loonis McGlohon, piano, with Mel
Alexander, bass, and Jim Lackey, drums) [reissued as CD/Audiophile ACD-117]
2. Marlene VerPlanck Sings Alec Wilder, CD/Audiophile ACD-218 (Marlene
VerPlanck with Loonis McGlohon, piano, Rick Petrone, bass, and Mel Lewis,
drums)
3. September Songs: The Music Of Wilder, Weill And Warren, CD/High
Note HCD 7114 (Wesla Whitfield with the Mike Greensill Trio)
4. Songs For
Lovers & Losers, CD/Challenge Records 70034 (Soesja Citroen)
5. Eileen
Farrell Sings Alec Wilder, CD/Reference Recordings RR-36CD (Eileen Farrell)
6. Bob's Wilder Music Of Alec Wilder, CD/Stunt 03072 (Bob Rockwell)
7.
Diana Robinson Plays The Music Of Alec Wilder, CD/Multimedia Library (Diana
Robinson)
8. Walk Pretty, CD/Go Jazz 6060 (Ben Sidran with the Bob Rockwell
Quartet)
Rain, Rain (Don't Go 'Way) (L: Marshall
Barer):
1. Listen Easy, MGM Verve (S)
MV-5094 (Tony Bennett with orchestra conducted by Don Costa)
2. In My
Solitude, RCA Victor 2925 (Anthony Newley with the Ray Ellis Orchestra)
[reissued on Love Is A Now And Then Thing/In My Solitude, CD/Vocalion 4206]
3. Walk Pretty, CD/Go Jazz 6060 (Ben Sidran with the Bob Rockwell Quartet)
4. Another Time, CD/Sunnyside 1017 (Meredith D'Ambrosio)
5. Millie
Vernon Sings Old And New Shoes, CD/Audiophile ACD-178 (Millie Vernon)
6.
Isn't This A Lovely Day, CD/Other 4748742 (Roy Castle)
The Wrong Blues (L: William Engvick):
1. 7 X Wilder, Verve V6-8413 (Bob
Brookmeyer) [reissued on Blues Hot & Cold/7 X Wilder, CD/Lone Hill Jazz
LHJ10378]
2. Songs Of Alec Wilder, CD/Albany Troy 404 (Valerie Errante with
Rovert Wason, piano, and Aleck Brinkman, double-bass)
3. Marlene VerPlanck
Sings Alec Wilder, CD/Audiophile ACD-218 (Marlene VerPlanck with Loonis
McGlohon, piano, Doug Burns, bass, and Bill Stowe, drums)
4. Standards
Live, CD/ECM 827827-2 (Keith Jarrett Trio)
5. Lieb Plays Wilder,
CD/Daybreak 75214 (Dave Liebman)
6. Kinda Blue, CD/Specific Jazz 009 (Anita
Wardell)
7. Woody, CD/String Jazz 1001 (Gilles Clement) (unverified)
8.
Close To You, CD/Sandra Dudley (Sandra Dudley) (unverified)
Unrecorded Material:
I've Been There (L: Loonis
McGlohon)