Upper West Side Love Story

A song cycle – world premiere at BOMBYX
Florence, MA March 24, 2022

By Freddie Bryant

Featuring:

Carla Cook – voice
Regina Carter – violin
Gwen Laster – viola, Nick Revel plays the Oct. 6 concert
Akua Dixon – cello
Steve Wilson – alto/soprano sax, flute/alto flute
Donny McCaslin – tenor/soprano sax
John Benitez – bass
Alvester Garnett – drums
Freddie Bryant – nylon, arch-top, Telecaster and 12-string guitars, voice

For LYRICS click HERE

1. Haiku #1: Columbus, Quiet
2. We Used to Dance
3. Love Can’t Live on Nostalgia
4. Haiku #2: Life of the Playground
5. A Walk in the Hood
6. Haiku #3: Lost MJLP
7. My Home Sings
8. Haiku #4: High-rise Kiss
9. Kid’z Rhymes: Remember This?

INTERMISSION

10. Haiku #5: Always Be Aware
11. Roses and Rubies: The Cost of What We Lost
12. Haiku #6: His Bed is a Box
13. Moses the Pharaoh: Who will stay and Who will go?
14. Haiku #7: Central Park Life
15. Finale – Spoken Word, Haiku #8  
16. Last Song: It’s Time to Say Goodbye

Upper West Side Love Story  was commissioned by Chamber Music America’s New Jazz Works program funded through the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.