Walk the Walk
(2005)for baritone sax (or bass clarinet or contrabassoon) and percussion (one or two players)
Duration: 8'
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
World Premiere
03/05/2005
Knitting Factory, Main Performance Space, Brooklyn, NY
Opus 21
Composer's Notes
Walk the Walk for baritone sax and percussion was commissioned by Opus 21 for a concert honoring pianist Joe Hunter and the Funk Brothers, a group of Detroit studio musicians who played on all of the historic Motown releases from 1959 to 1972. Using a deconstructed fragment from the Temptations' My Girl as a compositional idée fixe, Daugherty takes the listener through a world of virtuosic Detroit blues, rock, jazz and Latin Motown musical grooves.
— Michael Daugherty
Reproduction Rights:
This program note may be reproduced free of charge in concert programs with a credit to the composer.
