Anita Brown

A N I T A B R O W N J A Z Z O R C H E S T R A

Presents
A Program Honoring America’s Collective Grief and Resilience
Relating to Our National Tragedy on September 11, 2001

September 10, 2011
~ A World Premiere ~
Stand: A Symphony for Jazz Orchestra
Composed, Arranged & Conducted by Anita Brown
An original symphony for jazz orchestra in five movements

III. Benumbed
Solos: Jim Ridl, piano; Kenny Wessel, guitar; Mark Patterson, trombone; Theresa MacDonnell, French horn

Benumbed opens with improvisations painting an expression of pain. Taking liberties by elongating and breaking up its phrases, it sets the melody of a Victorian-Era hymn against a harmonic backdrop wavering between grief, confusion and glimmers of fond reflection, expressing a broad spectrum of human emotions we were forced to assimilate. Familiar to many as the US Navy Hymn honoring the fallen, Eternal Father Strong To Save serves to depict a combination of honor and personal grief.