The Festival Brass & Winds Ensemble; Lutz Rath, conductor; David Taylor, bass trombone (performed with the New York Philharmonic, Leopold Stowkowski's American Symphony Orchestra, The Rolling Stones) Program J.S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor for brass quintet Igor Stravinsky Octet for wind instruments David Taylor "Tatanka Lyotanka," (Sitting Bull), premiere for 3 trombones & tuba Edward Grieg Holberg Suite David Taylor performs recitals and concerti around the world: from Lincoln Center in NY to the Musikverein in Vienna and Suntory Hall in Japan. He has appeared and recorded chamber music with Yo Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, and Wynton Marsalis and performs with the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society, the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Orpheus, and the St. Luke's Chamber Orchestra. Throughout his career, Taylor has appeared and recorded with major jazz and popular artists including Barbara Streisand, Miles Davis, Quincy Jones, Frank Sinatra, and Aretha Franklin. His "Tatanka Lyotanka" is a tribute to Sitting Bull, a leader of the Lakota Sioux nation. A brave warrior, he was victorious at the Battle of Little Bighorn that resulted in Gen. Custer's death. Later in his life he was shot by army soldiers at the Standing Rock Reservation.
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