Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra

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WM 105 CD - Whaleco Music
Compact Disc
The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra
Fathom This

Fathom This

1. Visitors from The Deep (0:16)
Nuclear, Humpback, Orca, and Beluga Whales
2. It Don't Mean A Thing, [so] Sing, Sing, Sing (2:35)
Duke Ellington-Louis Prima - Arr. by Ann Merrell From Gone Fission, WM 103

3. Casbah Shuffle (4:52)
Ashwin Batish - Arr. by A. Batish and Don Stevens From Thar They Blow, WM 102
4. Alabamy Bound (2:05)
Ray Henderson - Arr. by Bobby Van Eps From The Nuclear Whales, WM 100

5. Across The Serengeti (4:42)
Art Springs. From Isotopia, WM 104

6. Kramat (5:57)
Arr. by Art Springs New for Fathom This
7. Duke Ellington Medley (5:57)
(Do Nothing'Til You Hear From Me, Come Sunday, Caravan) Arr. by Ann Merrell From Thar They Blow, WM 102
8. Amazing Grace (4:16)
Arr. by Alan Lee Silva. New for Fathom This
9. Sweet Georgia Brown (1:58)
Bernie, Pinkard, Casey - Arr. by Ann Merrell From Thar They Blow, WM 102
10. Harlem Nocturne (6:22)
Earl Hagen - Arr. by Art Springs New recording for Fathom This. Original version on Whalin, WM 101
ll. Song for Children (3:01)
Art Springs. From Isotopia, WM 104
12. Fascinating Rhythm (2:48)
George Gershwin - Arr. by Lennie Niehaus From Whalin, WM 101

13. Summertime (4:14)
George Gershwin- Arr. by Ann Merrell From Gone Fission, WM 103
14. Darktown Strutters Ball (2:33)
Sheldon Brooks - Arr. by Bobby Van Eps From The Nuclear Wbales, WM 100
15. Primal Tonic (4:00)
Art Springs From Isotopia, WM 104
16. Stars and Stripes Forever (2:20)
John Phillips Sousa - Arr. by Bobby Van Eps From Gone Fission, WM 103
17. Return of the Visitors (0:46)
Nuclear, Humpback, Orca, and Beluga Whales
18. Also Sprach Zarathustra (1:30)
Richard Strauss - Arr. by Ann Merrell New recording for Fathom This Original version on Thar They Blow, WM 102


WM 104 CD - Whaleco Music
Compact Disc
The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra
Isotopia

*Features contrabass

Tracks:
1. *Primal Tonic (4:00)
Art Springs
2. N'eghirren (flowing water) (4:42)
Art Springs
3. Hang A Left At Spain (4:22)
Art Springs
4. Across The Serengeti (4:42)
Art Springs
5. Song For Out Children (3:01)
Art Springs
6. *When Night's Shadow Fall (3:28)
Ann Stamm Merell
7. The Real Wooly Bully (2:55)
Art Springs
8. Mirage (4:25)
Art Springs and Kristen Strom
9. Where The Earth Embaraces the Sky (3:37)
Art Springs
10. *Sunday In Berlin (4:21)
Art Springs
11. Music By Which To Wrestle (3:54)
Art Springs
12. *Sangoma (2:48)
Art Springs

Reviewed by Floyd Levin

WM 103 CD - Whaleco Music
Compact Disc
The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra
Gone Fission

*Features contrabass

Gone Fission

Tracks:
1.* It Don't Mean A Thing, (so) Sing, Sing, Sing (2:35)
Duke Ellington-Louis Prima/Arr. by Ann Merrell
2. Summertime (4:14)
George Gershwin
Arr. by A. Merrell
3. Song For R.C. (5:26)
Victor Morosco
4. Goin' Fishin' (3:38)
Ann Merrell
5. Lush Life (3:20)
Arr. by A. Merrell
6. Taking A Chance On Love (2:42)
V. Duke, J. LaTouche, T. Fetter/Arr. by Lennie Niehaus
7. The Immovable Do (4:07)
Percy Grainger
8. Danny Boy (3:02)
Traditional, Arr. by Walter Todenhoft and Roxtar
9. The Reel Jig (3:22)
Roxtar
10. Portals: a Prelude for Saxophones (3:49) Carl Wirth
11. Fantasy in D, No. 1 (Five Part) (3:45)
John Jenkins/Arr. by Percy Grainger
12. Fantasy & Air No. I (Six Part) (7:07)
William Lawes/Arr. by Percy Grainger
13. *Tip-Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me (3:24)
Al Dubin & Joe Burke/Arr. by A. Springs
14. Stars and Stripes Forever (2:20)
John Philips Sousa/Arr. by Bobby Van Eps

WM 102 CD - Whaleco Music
Compact Disc
The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra
Thar They Blow

*Features contrabass

Thar They Blow

Tracks:
1. Fanfare for the Common Man (3:31)
Aaron Copland/Arr. by R. Cztar
2. *Midnight in Moscow (2:57)
Kenny Ball/Arr. by A. Merrell
3. Duke Ellington Medley (Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me, Come Sunday, Caravan) (5:57)
Arr. by A. Merrell
4. Dancing in the Dark (3:16)
Arthur Schwartz/Arr. by A. Merrell
5. *Cabash Shuffle (4:52)
Ashwin Batish/Arr. by A. Batish and D. Stevens
6. New York City Ghost (5:08)
Victor Young and Peggy Lee/Arr. by Lennie Niehaus
7. *Sweet Georgia Brown (1:58)
Bernie, Pinkard, Casey/Arr. by A. Merrell
8. Mold, Mold (3:45)
Music by Ann Merrell, Lyrics by Jack Prelutsky
9. *Humpack Boogie (4:52)
Art Springs
10. Tiger Rag (3:56)
H. DeCosta and D.J. LaRocca/Arr. by A. Springs
11. Souvenir de Puerto Rico (6:50)
Louis Moreau Gottschalk/Arr. by D. Marolf
12. Requiem (5:10)
Rach Cztar
13. Buglers' Holiday (3:23)
Leroy Anderson/Arr. by R. Cztar
14. Take Me Out to the Ballgame (1:08)
Albert Von Tilzer/Arr. by A. Merrell
15. *Also Sprach Zarathustra (1:23)
Richard Strauss/Arr. by A. Merrell

WM 101 CD - Whaleco Music
Compact Disc
The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra
Whalin'

Whalin'

Tracks:
1. Fascinating Rhythm (2:48)
G. Gerschwin 1924 - Arr. by L. Niehaus
2. All The Things You Are (2:30)
J. Kern 1939 - Arr. by L. Niehaus
3. Cheek to Cheek (2:46)
I. Berlin 1935 - Arr. B. May
4. Make The Most Of It (2:14)
L. Niehaus 1955
5. Have You Met Miss Jones (2:30)
R. Rogers 1937 - Arr. L. Niehaus
6. Yesterday's Gardenia's (2:38)
S. Mysels/D. robertson/N. Cagnane 1942 - Arr. by L. Niehaus
7. There Will Never Be Another You (2:34)
H. Warren 1942 - Arr. L. Niehaus
8. That's A Plenty (2:57)
B. Williams/H. Creamer 1909 - Arr. P. Nagle
9. Medley Schmedley (5:15)
Arr. A. Springs -
I'm A Ding Dong Daddy - P. Baxter 1928
Runnin' Wild - A. Harrington Gibbs 1922
Poor Butterfly - R. Hubbell 1916
China Boy - D. Winfree/P. Boutelje 1922
10. 'Lasses Candy (2:23)
'Nick' La Rocaa 1919 - Arr. by A. Springs
11. In A Minor Mood (2:10)
Sullivan 1938 - Arr. A. Springs
12. Harlem Nocturne (5:18)
E. Hagen 1940 - Arr. A. Springs
13. Lovely Hula Hands (2:29)
R. Alex Anderson 1940 - Arr. A. Springs
14. Alexander's Ragtime Band (2:47)
I. Berlin 1911 - Arr. A. Frackenpohl

WM 100 CD - Whaleco Music
Compact Disc
The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra

Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra

Tracks:
1. Darktown Strutter's Ball (2:33)
Sheldon Brooks - Arr. by Bobby Van Eps
2. Maple Leaf Rag (3:40)
Scott Joplin - Arr. by Bobby Van Eps
3. Autumn in New York (2:52)
Vernon Duke - Arr. by Lennie Niehaus
4. Opening Oriental (2:23)
The Brown Brothers
5. Sad Rag (3:46) Arthur Frackenpohl
6. Glad Rag (2:39)
Arthur Frackenpohl
7. Alabamy Bound (2:05)
Ray Henderson - Arr. by Bobby Van Eps
8. Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon (2:20)
Traditional - Arr. by Percy Grainger
9. Lisbon (1:14)
Percy Grainger
10. Sailor's Hornpipe (2:40)
Henry Cowell
11. Prelude from Partita No. 3 (3:52)
J.S. Bach - Arr. by Andrew Charlton
Music from The Threepenny Opera
E. Hagen 1940 - Arr. A. Springs
12. Tango (2:35)
13. Polly's Song (2:10)
14. The Ballad of the Good Life/Mac The Knife (3:21)
15. Funeral March of the Marionettes (1:21)
Charles Gounod - Arr. by John Neher


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