Kurt Vonnegut and Dave Soldier
"Ice-9 Ballads"
$13.99 | CD | Catalog #MUL006
Release date: 2003
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Annihilation Life
Dyot Meet Mat
Folly
Big Tyrant
Duo for Clarinet & Meade Lux Lewis
114th Calypso
This collaboration between Kurt Vonnegut, who wrote the words and narrates, and composer Dave Soldier features Ice-9 Ballads, nine songs adapted from Vonnegut's novel, Cat's Cradle.
It's performed by Vonnegut and a collection of great singers and players, including: Tiye' Giraud, Jimmy Justice, and Valarie Naranjo on the African balaphone (gyli) with the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra.
The companion piece is East St. Louis, 1968, written for electronics and samples, and featuring the Orchestra's conductor, Richard Auldon Clark, on viola. The music portrays an adventure of a young viola player on his first trip to that city.
Review of a live performance from The New York Times