The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra

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Discography:

The Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra

1986, Whaleco Music (WM-100-CD) (Sp,S,A,T,B,Bs) *

• Darktown Strutter's Ball
• Maple Leaf Rag
• Autumn in New York
• Opening Oriental
• Sad Rag
• Glad Rag
• Alabamy Bound
• Ye Banks And Braes O'Bonnie Doon
• Lisbon
• Sailor's Hornpipe
• Prelude and Partita No. 3 (JS Bach)
• Music from the Threepenny Opera
• Tango
• Polly's Song
• The Ballad of the Good Life/Mack the Knife
• Funeral March of the Marionettes

Whalin'

1989, Whalco Music (WM-101-CD) (Sp,S,A,T,B,Bs) *

• Fascinating Rhythm
• All the Things You Are
• Cheek to Cheek
• Make the Most of It
• Have You Met Miss Jones?
• Yesterday's Gardenia's
• There Will Never Be Another You
• That's A Plenty
• Medley Schmedley: I'm A Ding Dong Daddy/Runnin'Wild/Poor Butterfly/China Boy
• 'Lasses Candy
• In A Minor Mood
• Harlem Nocturne
• Lovely Hula Hands
• Alexander's Ragtime Band

Thar They Blow

1991, Whaleco Music (WM-102-CD) (Sp,S,A,T,B,Bs,CB) *

• Fanfare for the Common Man
• Midnight in Moscow
• Duke Ellington Medley
• Dancing in the Dark
• Casbah Shuffle
• New York City Ghost
• Sweet Georgia Brown
• Mold, Mold
• Humpback Boogie
• Tiger Rag
• Souvenir de Puerto Rico
• Requiem
• Bugler's Holiday
• Take Me Out to the Ballgame
• Also Sprach Zarathustra

Gone Fission

1992, Whaleco Music (WM-103-CD)(Sp,S,A,T,B,Bs,CB, Bombard) *

• It Don't Mean A Thing
• Summertime
• Song for R.C.
• Goin' Fishin'
• Lush Life
• Taking A Chance On Love
• The Immovable Do
• Danny Boy
• The Reel Jig
• Portals: a Prelude for Saxophones
• Fantasy in D, No. 1 (John Jenkins)
• Fantasy and Air, No. 1 (William Lawes)
• Tiptoe Thru' The Tulips With Me
• Stars and Stripes Forever

* Sp=Eb sopranino; S=Bb soprano; A=Eb alto; T=Bb tenor; B=Eb baritone; Bs=Bb bass; CB=EEb contrabass. A bombard is a folk instrument having a double reed and a conical bore, much like a keyless oboe (but typically shorter).

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Last revised 3/13/96