Album · 2016
Tracklist
1-1 Overture 1:32
1-2 Joe Lieberman Reads John F. Kennedy 1:23
1-3 Ask Not - Kennedy 5:40
1-4 Deepak Chopra Reads Jawaharlal Nehru 1:452:4
1-5 Spoken At Midnight - Nehru 5:38
1-6 William Vanden Heuvel Reads Franklin D. Roosevelt 1:35
1-7 The Four Freedoms - Roosevelt 8:23
1-8 Douglas Brinkley Reads Ronald Reagan 1:21
1-9 Tear Down This Wall - Reagan 4:03
1-10 David Miliband Reads Winston Churchill 1:47
1-11 The Deliverance - Churchill 4:57
1-12 Glenn Close Reads Aung San Suu Kyi 1:46
1-13 Water In Cupped Hands - Suu Kyi 4:16
1-14 Sam Waterston Reads Lyndon B. Johnson 1:50
1-15 The American Promise - Johnson 6:11
1-16 Andrew Young Reads Nelson Mandela 1:36
1-17 The Time For The Healing Of The Wounds - Mandela 5:17
2-1 Overture 1:32
2-2 Ask Not - Kennedy 5:40
2-3 Spoken At Midnight - Nehru 5:38
2-4 The Four Freedoms - Roosevelt 8:23
2-5 Tear Down This Wall - Reagan 4:03
2-6 This Deliverance - Churchill 4:57
2-7 Water In Cupped Hands - Suu Kyi 4:16
2-8 The American Promise - Johnson 6:11
2-9 The Time For The Healing Of The Wounds - Mandela 5:17
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone, Flute, Alto Flute – Sherman Irby
Alto Saxophone, Flute, Alto Flute, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone – Charles Pillow
Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – Paul Nedzela
Composed By, Arranged By, Conductor, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Ted Nash
Cowbell – Ansel Scholl (tracks: 1-17, 2-9)
Drums, Percussion – Ali Jackson
Electric Bass, Acoustic Bass – Carlos Henriquez
Guest, Soloist, Baritone Saxophone – Joe Temperley (tracks: 1-11, 2-6)
Guest, Soloist, Trumpet – Wynton Marsalis (tracks: 1-15, 2-8)
Percussion – Zach Adleman (tracks: 1-13, 2-7)
Piano – Dan Nimmer
Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto Flute – Victor Goines
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet – Walter Blanding
Trombone – Chris Crenshaw, Elliot Mason
Trombone [Lead] – Vince Gardner
Trumpet – Greg Gisbert, Kenny Rampton, Marcus Printup
Trumpet [Lead] – Ryan Kisor
About this release
Motéma – MTM-CD-203 (US)
Presidential Suite was recorded at Varis Leichtman Studio, Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, NY on September 14, 2014.
Additional recording:
William vanden Heuvel - July 22, 2014
Glenn Close - November 3, 2014
Sam Waterston - July 19, 2015
Andrew Young - June 21, 2016
Deepak Chopra - October 10, 2014
Joe Lieberman - November 3, 2014
David Miliband - February 12, 2015
Douglas Brinkley - January 15, 2016
Thanks to snobb for the addition