He's able to impress all the other River Citizens with his fast-talking sales pitches, but not suspicious Marian, whose hard-as-nails exterior is unlike all the other River Citizens. River City's music teacher is spinster and town librarian Marian Paroo. That is the case when he arrives in River City, Iowa, population 2,212, where he will have some unexpected help from Marcellus Washburn, a friend and former grifter colleague who now lives in River City and has gone straight, but he still wants to make sure Harold survives his stay in town. And if the town doesn't believe it has a youth problem needing to be fixed, he will manufacture one for them. For Harold's scheme to work, he must gain the trust of the local music teacher, usually by wooing her, regardless of her appearance. Many of the traveling salesmen in the territory have been negatively impacted by him, as the townsfolk then become suspicious of any stranger trying to sell them something. However, in reality, he has no degree and knows nothing about music, and after all the materials arrive and are distributed, he absconds with all the money, never to be seen again. He takes money from the townsfolk to buy instruments, music, instructional materials, and uniforms for their sons. A con man going by the assumed name Harold Hill has used several different schemes to bilk the unsuspecting, and now travels from town to town pretending to be a professor of music - from the Gary (Indiana) Conservatory of Music, class of '05 - who solves all the respective towns' youth problems by forming boys' marching bands. Grinch by Fareed Haque, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer by Nicholas Peyton and Stephen Scott, Little Drummer Boy and We Three Kings by Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Let’s Face the Music and Dance by Anita O’Day, Auld Lang Syne by Bobby Timmons, and Let it Snow by Betty Carter and Roy Hargrove.It's the early 20th-century American Midwest. ![]() We’ll hear John Coltrane’s Greensleeves (aka What Child is This?), The Christmas Song by Greg Spero, Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Bill Evans, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by Oscar Peterson, Peace by Nora Jones, Frosty the Snowman by Roy Hargrove and Christian McBride, White Christmas by Joe Pass, Nigunim by Anat Cohen, You’re a Mean One Mr. So for this show I set out to find great jazz versions of holiday favorites that not only evoke the holiday spirit but elevate them to fine art and make you actually want to listen. ![]() He continues to jam with fellow musicians but since Covid, has been concentrating on solo finger style guitar.Įpisode 20 - Jazzy Christmas music can make you feel like you've been trapped at Macy’s amidst a haze of perfume fragrances, caught in the holiday frenzy of consumerism. Playing music in one form or another since he was 8 years old, he studied jazz at Berklee College in the late 70’s and performed around Boston and New York on guitar and saxophone. He, however, has never left behind his musical roots. George Beckwith will share his insight, inspiration and passion for the music, but most importantly, he will play some great tunes for your listening pleasure.Īfter a long career as an architect with major projects in and around New York City, George Beckwith left the cacophony of the East Village for the quietude and beauty of Rhinecliff. We will listen to recordings by the greatest improvisers, jazz composers and arrangers of all time. Have you ever wondered where jazz comes from-or even what it really is? Cliff Notes will explore its wonderfully inventive mixture of such elements as African drumming, call and response, the blues, European classical music, Brazilian music, pop, and Broadway show tunes.
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