Reed-Trilogue (SP)-V/M/CB

This is an exceptionally attractive piece, called Trilogue , by Alfred Reed, for an unusual combination of instruments -- double bass, marimba, and vibraphone. The predominant sound of plucked bass plus faster running figures on the mallet instruments make an effect reminiscent of "cool" modern jazz of the 1950s.

Born in 1921 on Manhattan, New York City, Alfred Reed is known especially as a wind band composer and conductor. He is also well-known in Japan for his work with the Kosei Wind Ensemble and other Japanese bands. He also composed an important Concertino for Marimba and Winds.

Reed wrote this lively and beguiling four-and-a-half-minute piece in 1977 on commission from the Frederick Zimmerman Memorial Fund. Its first performance was at the University of Miami (in Florida) in 1977 with faculty members Lucas Drew (bass) and Fred Wickstrom (marimba), with a graduate of the University of Miami School of Music, Steve Parsons, on vibraphone. ~ All Music Guide