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THE STARRY DYNAMO (1994)
Flute, Alto Sax, Violin, Cello and Piano

*The inspiration for The Starry Dynamo comes from the opening lines of the poem HOWL by Allen Ginsburg, written 1955-56 in San Francisco:

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix, angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night,who poverty and tatters and hollowed-eyed and high sat up smoking in the supernatural darkness of cold-water flats floating across the tops of cities contemplating jazz,who barred their brains to Heaven under the El and saw Mohammedan angels staggering on tenement roofs illuminated,

The work was originally scored for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano. The clarinet part was adapted for alto saxophone to fit with Piccola Accademia degli Specchi. The rhythmic motives come from Afro-Cuban music, especially the montuño, a repeated syncopated figure or ostinato. In Latin jazz bands, the montuño is typically emphasized by the pianist. In The Starry Dynamo, all the instrumentalists perform these montuño-like patterns.The Starry Dynamo was composed during the summer of 1994.

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from Collision Point, released June 4, 2021
PICCOLO ACCADEMIA DEGLI SPECCHI

Alessandra Amorino FLUTE
Claudia Di Pietro ALTO SAX
Giuliano Cavaliere VIOLIN
Rina You CELLO
Assunta Cavallari PIANO

Recorded by Enrico Furzi at La Strada Recording Studio, April 17-18-19 2017 - Rome, Italy
Mixed by John Kilgore, Kilgore Sound, New York City
Mastered by Alan Silverman at Arf! Mastering, New York City

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William Susman San Francisco, California

William Susman is a composer and pianist.

His music has earned praise from Gramophone as “texturally shimmering and harmonically ravishing,” from Fanfare, "crystalline . . . and gloriously lyrical,” and The New York Times, “vivid, turbulent, and rich-textured.” Textura describes Susman as “not averse to letting his affection for Afro-Cuban, jazz, and other forms seep into his creative output.” ... more

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