Creating The Concert
Presenting a live concert featuring the main theme and incidental music from a fifty year old television series might seem insurmountable to some but not to Robert Short who turned to his good friend Jon Burlingame and said can this be done? Jon, having the resources to acquire and organize the original lead sheets used by the studio musicians during the shows run can back with a resounding yes, as long as it could be re-arranged to fit a 6 piece group. With a solid base to work from Robert organized the band with David Lamont. David then brought together a top notch team of pros that after two rehearsals nailed the content and cool jazz feeling from the original show was ready for presentation.
Getting the band together and rehearsalsDavid Lamont who coordinated and organized the band members quickly became the band lead and under his guidance lead the group through two intense rehearsals filled with trial and tribulations. Key to making the track s work for a secret was the concentration on how to end each track. It's the thing everyone remembers so extra care was taken to make sure each track was given the perfect ending.
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