The Composers by Gerry Bryant
The Composers is the first album in series of albums Gerry eventually plans to record which are solely devoted to exceptionally talented and prolific Black classical music composers who have been overlooked throughout history and who Gerry himself only recently discovered. This album consists of four works by Blind Tom (Wiggins), a slave who presumably was the first Black American classical composer, and the rest by the late Florence Price, whose music has so moved Gerry that he has included her in his list of favorite composers (Chopin being his favorite composer, followed by Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky) who are always reverently referred to by their last name only. Hopefully, Ms. Price will one day also attain that status and level of reverence.
Tracklist
| 1. | Sonata in E Minor (2nd movement) | 7:12 |
| 2. | Andante Con Espressione | 4:33 |
| 3. | Song Without Words | 2:12 |
| 4. | Sewing Song | 8:23 |
| 5. | Placid Lake | 2:56 |
| 6. | The Deserted Garden | 2:35 |
| 7. | Dark Pool | 3:35 |
| 8. | Voice of the Waves | 8:30 |
| 9. | Sketches in Sepia | 4:02 |
| 10. | O Holy Lord | 4:11 |
| 11. | Honeysuckle | 1:50 |
| 12. | Water in the Moonlight | 3:27 |
| 13. | Lord I Want to be a Christian | 3:17 |
| 14. | Reve Charmant | 8:15 |
| 15. | Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child | 5:12 |
Credits
With Mark Cargill, violin
License
All rights reserved.
Gerry has been described by many as a renaissance man. Multi-talented Gerry graduated cum laude from both Harvard and Phillips Andover Academy, and received his graduate degrees from UCLA. His musical influences range from classical masters Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, to jazz legends Nat King Cole, Keith Jarrett and Ramsey Lewis. His music is a synthesis of classical music and jazz.