Fragile Lady (An Improvisation)
Bruce J. Taub
About this work:
Fragile Lady was written to a poem by Edward F. Gallardo in 1980. The poem, written years earlier, was dedicated to Miss Julie Bernardo, a brilliant jazz bass player and singer, who we discovered was a very special and close mutual friend. I was quite impressed with the poem and the ways in which it described the beautiful qualities of her extraordinary personality and the great love she showed for people - especially her friends. It was, therefore, set to music for a jazz trio with soprano (with some improvisation) and dedicated to her. Unfortunately, Julie died soon after I was able to present her with a copy of the finished manuscript. Fragile Lady was premiered by North/South Consonance. It is published by C.F. Peters Corporation.
Year composed: 1980
Duration: 00:07:00
Ensemble type: Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble:Voice with Chamber/Jazz Ensemble, 2-5 Players
Instrumentation: 1 Drum Set, 1 Piano, 1 Double bass, 1 Soprano
Instrumentation notes: Drum Set is ad libitum