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MIT Wind Ensemble releases world premiere recordings of three mavericks on Albany Records

Cambridge, MA... "Solo Eclipse," the MIT Wind Ensemble, directed by Frederick Harris, Jr., has released their debut CD on Albany Records. The recording features world premiere recordings by three of today's most innovative performer-composers, all commissioned by the MIT Wind Ensemble, a group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology comprised of MIT undergraduate and graduate students studying a wide variety of fields.

Long-time Empire Brass Quintet tuba player and internationally performed composer, Kenneth Amis performs his own "Concerto for Tuba." The breadth and depth of the three-movement concerto represents one of the few ever composed for the instrument and is perhaps the longest on record.

The New York Times has recognized Argentinean composer and pianist Guillermo Klein, as among the most important musicians of his generation. Influenced by Messiaen, Ellington and Piazzola, Klein has crafted "Solar Return Suite," a beautifully organic composition featuring New York tenor saxophonist Bill McHenry, one of the freshest young jazz musicians working today.

Third Stream pianist and composer and MacArthur 'Genius Grant' recipient, Ran Blake has been an icon of innovative improvisational music for over 40 years. His evocative short works "Ghosts of Cimetière de Père Lachaise" and "Impresario of Death," transcribed for chamber wind ensemble by Kenneth Amis, are the first symphonic realizations of his piano compositions ever committed to disc.

The CD is available from amazon.com and amismusicalcircle.com and at ArkivMusic.com.