The first of four wordless songs written after Nyman's friend and business manager, Tony Simmons, died after a long battle with cancer. The first song is a transcription of an actual song, "Mozart on Mortality", which Nyman wrote for the Composers Ensemble in the spring of 1992.
[Composed 1992; revised for OCTET 2010] • (Belarca Records, 2014)
Comment:
Alan Ferber, trombone; Mellissa Hughes, vocals; Eleonore Oppenheim, double bass; William Susman, electric piano; Mike Gurfield, trumpet; Elaine Kwon, piano; Demetrius Spaneas, saxophone; Greg Zuber, drums & percussion. Three movements: I - Hot Time; II - Begging the Night for Change; III - Moving in to an Empty Space.
