Cats Tales - Concert Band Peter Graham

1. Catalonia
2. Catwalk
3. Scat!
4. Catnip
5. Toccata

Cats Tales pays tribute to four wonderful musicians who shared a love of jazz and New York.

New York born Elmer Bernstein is best remembered for his legendary film scores. Here Catalonia brings to mind some of those epic moments before a musical gear change that references the work of his contemporary colleague, Bernstein East, aka Leonard Bernstein. The presence of West Side Story looms large here.

Henry Mancini studied his craft at the famous Julliard School in the Upper West Side. His most famous composition (which concerned a cat of the pink variety) provides the inspiration for the 2nd movement, Catwalk.

Finally, saxophone legend Sonny Rollins's jazz standard Airegin is given a contrafact treatment in Scat! allowing a number of instrumental soloists to shine.'