Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom is an album by the Ted Nash Big Band that won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 2017. "Spoken at Midnight" won Best Instrumental Composition.
Most of the musicians are members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis. Nash has been a member since the 1990s and wrote the music on a commission for the orchestra.
Track listing
Personnel Adapted from AllMusic.
Musicians Ted Nash – conductor, alto sax, soprano sax, arranger Walter Blanding – soprano sax, tenor sax, clarinet Charles Pillow – clarinet, flute, alto sax, soprano sax Paul Nedzela – bass clarinet, baritone sax Victor Goines – bass, clarinet, alto flute, tenor sax Sherman Irby – flute, alto flute, alto sax Greg Gisbert – trumpet Ryan Kisor – trumpet Wynton Marsalis – trumpet Marcus Printup – trumpet Kenny Rampton – trumpet Chris Crenshaw – trombone Vince Gardner – trombone Elliot Mason – trombone Carlos Henriquez – double bass, bass guitar Dan Nimmer – piano Ali Jackson – drums, percussion Zach Adelman – percussion Ansel Scholl – cowbell
Readers Douglas Brinkley, Glenn Close, Deepak Chopra, Joe Lieberman, David Miliband, William vanden Heuvel, Sam Waterston, Andrew Young
Production Liner notes – Ted Nash, Douglas Brinkley, Kabir Sehgal Kabir Sehgal – executive producer Jana Herzen – senior producer Producer – Robert Allen, Douglas Brinkley, Michael D. Fricklas, Herschel Garfein, Adam Inselbuch, Scott Jacobson, Alexander Walser Assistant producer – Kenya Autie, Oscar Autie, Paul Avgerinos Associate producer – Ryan Bethea, Dorie Clark, Laura Dickinson, Jose Garcia, Ben Gundersheimer, Lori Henriques, Ryan Holiday, Saad Khan, David Longoria, Nicolas Rodriguez-Brizuela, Grant Maloy Smith, Dennis Sy, Julian Weller, Camille Zamora Rob Macomber – engineer, mixing engineer Doug Schwartz – mastering engineer
See also The Kennedy Dream, a 1967 album by Oliver Nelson of big band compositions interspersed with speeches by John F. Kennedy
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