Santa’s New Job
Baltimore Jazz Works / Baltimore FreeFall Festival / October 28, 2018 / An die Musik - Baltimore MD
One of my newer compositions, this waltz is a commentary about today’s society. Growing up in the 50s, who could’ve thought there’d be denunciations of that “Jolly Old Elf,” as I sometimes find on Facebook and the Internet ~ It was bad enough that Santa’s helpers were forever striking, demanding more benefits and higher wages, some had actually defected to Keebler ~ Global warming had shrunk the North Pole to the point where there was practically no space to do all the work necessary in order to keep up with the every increasing demand for high-tech gadgets and toys: the direct result of runaway population growth ~ Then there was the rumor of Santa’s flirtations with one of the reindeer. No smoking gun, but you know how it is with accusations ~ Saddest of all was when Mrs. Claus left Santa in order to “find herself.” One would think that after hundreds of years, she’d already know who she was.
Kennis Rolle: Trumpet / Leo Branderberg: Reeds / John Dahlman: Bass
John Kessell: Drums / George Spicka: Piano
Glenn Angus: Violin
One of my newer compositions, this waltz is a commentary about today’s society. Growing up in the 50s, who could’ve thought there’d be denunciations of that “Jolly Old Elf,” as I sometimes find on Facebook and the Internet ~ It was bad enough that Santa’s helpers were forever striking, demanding more benefits and higher wages, some had actually defected to Keebler ~ Global warming had shrunk the North Pole to the point where there was practically no space to do all the work necessary in order to keep up with the every increasing demand for high-tech gadgets and toys: the direct result of runaway population growth ~ Then there was the rumor of Santa’s flirtations with one of the reindeer. No smoking gun, but you know how it is with accusations ~ Saddest of all was when Mrs. Claus left Santa in order to “find herself.” One would think that after hundreds of years, she’d already know who she was.
Kennis Rolle: Trumpet / Leo Branderberg: Reeds / John Dahlman: Bass
John Kessell: Drums / George Spicka: Piano
Glenn Angus: Violin