They took their seats and, as did the rest of us, they waited to see the finished version of their project for the first time. They were decked out in matching white tuxedos with tails. As the program started, we spotted Marty and Melinda Dunayer walking to their front row center seats near the front of the podium on the stage. Lorry and I arrived early at the United Nations on the 20th anniversary of Earth Day, April 22, 1990, the beginning of the U.N.’s “Decade of the Environment.” We took our seats in the balcony of the General Assembly Hall. Gagliano, Tom Muccio, Angel Sandoval and Lenny Stea." The Sound Center engineers who used this console include Gordon Clark, Vincent J. In addition to Hendrix, Aretha Franklin, the Four Seasons, Barry Manilow, the Tokens, the Manhattans, Dion and the Belmonts, Jeff Beck, Noel Redding (solo) and many others made recordings with this equipment. "The console with producer’s station was custom designed and built by Lenny Stea and Gordon Clark for Sound Center Studios as one of the first eight-track consoles in New York City. “My Friend” appeared on First Rays of the New Rising Sun, and “Somewhere” was included in The Jimi Hendrix Experience box set. None of the recordings were released during Hendrix’s lifetime, but two songs from these sessions have been issued posthumously. The sessions were the first in which Hendrix produced himself. "Jimi Hendrix used this recording/mixing console in the late 1960s at Sound Center Studios in New York City. The Sound Center Studios board on which the Sunrise album was recorded now resides in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH. The inscription on display reads:Ĭollection of Frank K. He was my friend until his death in 2008. Vincent Gagliano stayed in touch with me through the years. In return, I recorded and Vin produced my “Sunrise” album, all free of charge. I wrote the arrangements, performed and conducted the orchestra (strings, horns, rhythm). I also wrote about five demos for Charlie Brown and Yvonne, Vin’s singing duet clients. Prometheus fit that bill and I successfully finished arranging, contracting and performing on that album. Vin Gagliano was in need of an arranger who could write charts for his singer clients. I also wanted to record my poetry album called “Sunrise.” The name Prometheus, it seemed to me, was fitting for a jazz fusion group. What was his sin? Prometheus gave humanity the gifts of fire and the arts. I formed a group called Prometheus, the Greek god who was strapped to a rock, where an eagle visited him every day and ate his organs. He helped me set up my publishing company. He gave me great advise and emotional and financial support. Vin understood all of this, found me a steady gig with a Korean band at the old Hawaii Kai tourist restaurant on Broadway. I was not only transitioning from being a road musician who played nearly every night to being a stay at home musician and arranger with no money or gigs–and poetry was spewing out of me–a very new and bewildering experience. He took me under his wing, but our relationship grew in other ways, too. Vin was a bit older than me, and he had vast experience in recording and producing. Hamp was going to campaign for Nixon’s reelection primary bid–and I couldn’t, wouldn’t. I first met Vin Gagliano at Sound Center Studios in NYC in February, 1972, just as I was contemplating leaving Lionel Hampton’s group. All of the pieces on this album showed my state of mind when I left Lionel Hampton, strived to reestablish a stronger relationship with Lorry and my children and embarked on new musical directions on my own. While "Sunrise" is long and reflective, "Homemade Wine" and the other Side B compositions project a totally different mood, highly agitated and disconcerting in places. Percussion, Harpsichord, Flute, Celeste, Narration The album should be listened to as a total experience…just turn off the lights, pour a drink, lay back, put on earphones if you have them…and enjoy a unique poetic theater piece…on a RECORDING!!!Īlto and Soprano Sax, Piano, Fender Rhodes Piano, SUNRISE is the entire first side of this album. The awe and spectacle of the morning sunrise left such an impression on him that, upon returning to New York, he wrote this album. At the conclusion of a nightly engagement in Miami Beach, Thom spent most of the night on the beach in meditation. SUNRISE was written by Thom Gambino during a recent tour with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra. May we share with you our poetic interpretation of this event? May we attempt to leave with you our impressions of this miracle of Nature? Witnessing a sunrise is such an experience. There are human experiences that must be seen and felt to be appreciated. A 33 1/3 RPM Stereo LP Album of Poetry and Music
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