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From "New York, Old Friend" - The Music of Kenneth D. Laub
"New York Old Friend" began as "A Love Letter to New York" - which made its world debut at Carnegie Hall for the 25th anniversary of the New York Pops Orchestra .
James M. Johnson, chief executive officer of the New York Pops wrote of the piece: "....we celebrate Gotham with 13 new songs by New Yorker Kenneth Laub.
His Love Letter to the City memorializes the mundane to the extraordinary of New York—in other words, what occurs every day in a city of eight million that happens to be the cultural and financial capital of the world. Ken’s music was selected for this occasion not only because his lyrics bring fresh insight into the goings-on of our town, but because his music swings to the pulse of the city.
It grooves and sways in arrangements that believe the notion that orchestras can’t swing. With arrangements by top jazz orchestrators Sammy Nestico, Don Sebesky, and Dick Lieb, among others, you had better believe that this orchestra will wail."