"No Accounting for Taste": Brian Yankee - Conductor (UMASS), Kirsten Cook - Highland Bagpipes (Hampshire College Alumn), Flute & Piccolo - Kirsten Jacobson (Smith College), Flute - Rebecca Black (Hampshire College Alumn), Clarinet - Ilene Stahl (Hampshire College), Bassoon - Ann Horwitz (Hampshire College Alumn), Trumpet - Don Soutar (UMASS), Trombone -, Tuba - Thom Untersee (UMASS), Violin I - Ian Gallihue, Zoran Jakovcic, Anita Fabos, Ron Zissel, Violin II - Ginny Baron, Ma Ning?, Tamara Wallace-Senft, Viola - Elizabeth Rose, Don White?, Cello - Vittoria Esile (UMASS), Natasha Vaubel (Hampshire College), Bass - Arthur Kegerreis (Hampshire College), Percussion & Drums - Judy Bruneau (UMASS), Alto Sax - Mike Fry (Hampshire College), Guitar - Mike Ferretti (Hampshire College)
"Frank J. Postwell": Mike Ferretti - Guitar, Mike Adachi - Rhodes, Larry Blume - Drums, Arthur Kegerreis - Electric Bass
"A Baby is A Wonderful Thing": Bass and Voice by Arthur Kegerreis, Tenor Sax - Tim Hatfield, Alto Sax - Ron McCarley, Trombone - John Roberts, Piano - Adam Benjamin, Drums - Roman Cho
"Banquet":
Ross Källing - Piano and musical direction
Influences
Who knows where all the influences come from? A melody, harmony, orchestration, groove here and there. I'm guess I'm easily influenced. Be careful when composing under the influence... ASCAP & BMI will come and getcha!
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Jazz: Miles, Gil Evans, Maria Schneider, Jaco, Weather Report, Marcus Miller, Herbie Hancock, Art Blakey, Pat Metheny, Chick Corea, Red Mitchell, Richard Bona, Mike Stern, Matt Garrison, Manhattan Transfer, Coltrane, Dolphy, Percy Jones, Nathan East, Thad Jones, Bob Brookmeyer, Bill Frisell, John Zorn, Ralph Towner/Oregon, Thelonius Monk. John Zorn. George Lewis.
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R&B: Parliament, George Clinton, James Brown, Seal, Neville Bros, Brand New Heavies, Jamiroqoui, Prince, Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, Louis Johnson, Pleasure, Sly & Family Stone, Chaka Khan, Siedah Garrett, Al Green.
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Rock: Peter Gabriel, Paula Cole, Lili Haydn, Simon & Garfunkel, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell, Sarah McLachlan, Material/Bill Laswell, Jeff Beck, Elton John, Jimi Hendrix, Hot Tuna, Grateful Dead, Kate Bush, Cake, Talk Talk, Talking Heads, Carole King, Stevie Wonder, Tori Amos, Britney Spears, Genesis, Thomas Dolby, Bjork, Annie Lennox, Little Feat, Jefferson Airplane, Baaba Maal, The Who, Yes. The Ordinaires.
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Musical Theater: Cy Coleman, Sondheim (I guess), Jule Styne... just about anybody Bob Fosse worked with. The Blue Man Group. Lebo M! The Gershwins. Diamanda Galas. Adam Guettel, Frank Loesser, Lerner and Lowe.
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"Classical": Meredith Monk, David Hykes & the Harmonic Choir, Steve Reich, Aaron Copland, Vincent Persichetti, Prokofiev, Messaien, Brahms, Stravinsky, Orff, Takemitsu, Bach, Harmonic Choir, John Adams, Schubert, Durufle, Dupre, Ravel, Varese, Barber, Chanticleer, Renee Fleming, Kathleen Battle, Bartok, Bulgarian Choirs, Tuva throat singers.
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Film Composers: Scott Bradley, Carl Stalling, Bruce Broughton, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone.
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Recent discoveries and favorites: Bonnie Somerville, Gavin DeGraw, Corinne May. Camille - "Le Fil."
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Friends and/or musical associates: Jeremy Toback, Guru Singh, Renee Stahl, Leslie King, Musica Viva of NY, Nomi, Tom Shad, Valerie Wilson, Murray Weinstock, The Dharma Bums, Mike Ferretti, David DePalo, Gary L Coleman, and the folks from Hampshire College, CalArts, Eastman, and the Academy for New Musical Theater.
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Teachers: Roland Wiggins, Lisle Atkinson, David Rosenboom, Lew Spratlan, Richard Davis, Ray Copeland, Marga Richter, Mort Subotnick, Mark Trayle, Ron Smith, Michael Moore, Glen Moore, Bill Dobbins, Lucky Mosko, Sal Macchia, Percy Jones, Jaco, Bunny Brunel, Ron Carter, Red Mitchell, Guru Singh, my mom & dad.------------------------------------------ Got all that? Quiz at eleven.
Sounds Like
Something you should be listening to a little more often. The sound of one gland happening. A deaf lumberjack with a chainsaw cutting down a tree in a forest. The clock in a rolls royce. A samba band in the NYC Halloween parade. The musical equivalent of conglomerate rock. A musically integrated neighborhood. A klezmer band whose bus broke down at a Shriner's convention somewhere in the middle of Oklahoma. A crazed bagpiper streaking through Carnegie Hall during a concert of the Cleveland Symphony with a mad jazz quartet in hot pursuit. Singers before their voice lesson. Shakespeare sung in Esperanto. Somebody throw me a bone here, OK?
Arthur is an arranger and composer fluent on acoustic and electric bass. He also has a baritone voice, plays keyboards, and has played tuba. Sometimes he makes unusual noises with his computers and synthesizers to ward off evil spirits and nearby construction workers. This hasn't led to a defense department contract yet. Comfortable in a broad range of musical styles, Arthur was a member of the acclaimed Musical Viva Choir in NYC for 9 years and played with the Dharma Bums during their Woodstock 94 and Southwest Tour. Other notable bands have included The Collective Unconcious and The Weight. Many people in the Kundalini Yoga community know him from his work with Guru Singh and pre-dawn playing with Jeremy Toback. He worked as a copyist for Leontyne Price. He has collaborated on a number of musical theatrical works with members of the LA Academy for New Musical Theater. He's happy playing music it swings, sounds weird, and you can dance to it. He shares a birthday with actress Jodie Foster, although when she mentioned this to an LA Times reporter during an interview, he responded that unfortunately Bush was still alive and the interview was ended abruptly. (It was later determined that the reporter was actually a screenwriter trying to surreptitiously slip her a Taxi Driver sequel script entitled, "The Silence of Travis Bickel.") Arthur once unknowingly sat next to Elliot Carter at a premier of one of Carter's works and fell asleep during it. Arthur is an expert on the history of music from classic animated films. Rumor has it that he contributed to a work John Zorn wrote for accordion by sending Zorn an unpublished Bugs Bunny Carl Stallings sketch, but the last time the two crossed paths at Merkin Hall, John looked at Arthur with an expression of confusion, undoubtedly because he'd cut his hair. Arthur has an irrational fear of jellyfish.
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