Portrait of an Artist Arnold Jacobs, tuba

Hear Jacobs in private studio sessions, interviews, master classes and rare musical performances. Musical selections include: Fanfare-Buxtehude, Horn Cto No.1 in Eb-Strauss, Czardes-Monti, Carnival of Venice-Clarke, Cto for Bass Tuba-Williams, Canzon per Sonare No.2-Gabrieli, Sonatine for Brass Quintet-Bozza.

The Men They Will Become Eli Newberger

More traditional jazz and classic songs by this trio. Eli Newberger, tuba and piano Jimmy Mazzy, banjo and vocals Butch Thompson, piano and clarinet

Shake It Down Eli Newberger and Jimmy Mazzy

With Eli Newberger tuba and Jimmy Mazzy banjo and vocals. Traditional jazz duo.

Bobissimo! Roger Bobo, tuba Ralph Grierson, piano

Contains: Sonata No.5 in D minor-Galliard, Introduction and Dance-Barat, Sonata for Basstuba and Piano-Hindemith, Childrens Suite:Effie the Elephant-Wilder, Encounters II for unaccompanied Tuba-Kraft, Two Songs-Spillman, Cadence VI for Tuba and Tape, Tuba Encore Piece-Wilder.

Tuba Tracks Gene Pokorny, tuba

Contains: Sonata in G Major-Handel, Partita in A minor for Flute Alone-Bach, General Levine-Eccentric-Debussy, Three Songs-Rachmaninoff, Serenade from Sonatine for Bass Saxhorn and Piano-Casterede, Pavane pour une infante defunte-Ravel, Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune-Debussy, Six Studies in English Folk Song-Williams, Theme and Variations on The Blue Bells of Scotland-trad./Pryor, Memories of You-Blake.

Orchestral Excerpts for Tuba Gene Pokorny, tuba

Contains: Cto. for Orch.-Bartok, Hungarian March, Romeo et Juliet, Symphony Fantastique-Berlioz, Symph No.7-Bruckner, An American in Paris-Gershwin, Symphonic Metomorphasis-Hindemith, The Planets-Holst, Symph Nos.1,5,6-Mahler, Pictures at an Exhibition-Moussorgsky/Ravel, Romeo and Juliet, Symph No.5-Prokofiev, Fountains of Rome-Repighi, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Til Eulenspiegel-Strauss, Petrouchka-Stravinsky, Ein Faust Overture, Prelude Act III, Lohengrin, Die Meistersinger, Ride of the Valkyries-Wagner.

Velvet Velvet Brown, tuba

Contains: Sonatine pour Tuba-Casterede, Salve Venere,Salve Marte-Stevens, As When The Dove-Handel, Concertino for Tuba-Koetsier, Sonata for Tuba and Piano-Broughton, Stars in the Velvety Sky-Clarke, Four Negro Spirituals for tuba and trombone quartet-arr. Velvet brown.

Velvet Brown, tuba, performs the works of Ewazen, Reynolds, Corwell, Brown, Silverman, Gomez, and Tomasi with the help of Roberto Arosio on piano and Neal Corwell on Euphonium.

This new recording - like it's earlier companion CD Portrait of an Artist - showcases the incredible artistry, musicianship, and teaching of Arnold Jacobs, legendary tubist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1944-1988. This unique audio portrait is comprised entirely of recordings of Jacobs' voice from masterclasses, lecteurs, and interviews, combined with rare recordings of Jacobs as soloist, brass ensemble member with CSO collegues, and home practice recordings. The accompanying booklet discusses the enduring legacy and contributions that Arnold Jacobs made to the field of brass teaching and orchestral performance. It also includes a recomended list of recordings with the Chicago Symphony.