A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
Performed by The Kyle Gordon Big Band
2015 Winner of Downbeat Magazine Award for Best Arrangement

Featuring Jessica Curran
Arranged by Kyle Gordon
Commissioned by Jessica Curran

Piano Solo: Nicholas Olynciw
Recording Engineer: Daniel Pardo

Personnel:
Flute & Alto Flute: Daniel Pardo
Clarinet & Bass Clarinet: Lin Sheng-hsin

Soprano Sax: Drew Zaremba
Alto Sax: John Mones
Tenor 1: Alejandro Fraile
Tenor 2: Christian Ortiz
Baritone Sax: Garrett Wingfield

Trumpet & Flugel
1: Jake Boldman
2: Brian Fincher
3: Jordan Carr
4: Joshua Kauffman

Trombone
1: Zachary Steele
2: Kennedy Powers
3: Conner Eisenmenger
Bass Trombone: Jon Gauer

Soloist: Jessica Curran

Electric Guitar: Ethan Stalbaum
Piano & Celesta: Nicholas Olynciw
Upright Bass: Jack Helsley
Drum Set & Triangle: Matt Young



A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing

My original composition performed by the Kyle Gordon Big Band

Personnel: 

Engineer: Daniel Pardo

Flute – Daniel Pardo
Soprano 1 & Flute-Aaron Dutton
Alto 2 & Alto Flute & Flute - Brendon Wilkins
Tenor 1 & Flute - Brian Horton
Tenor 2 & Flute – Brian Stark
Bari & Bass Clarinet & Flute – Christian Ortiz

Trumpet 1 – Brian Fincher
Trumpet 2 – Jordan Carr
Trumpet 3 - Eric Trevino
Trumpet 4 - Keegan Riley 
Trumpet 5 - Joshua Kauffman

Trombone 1 – Joakim Toftgard
Trombone 2 – Matt Corrigan
Trombone 3 – Derek Pyle
Bass Trombone 4 – Abdullah Ebrahim
Bass Trombone 5 – Eddie Eby

Vibraphone – John Sturino
Guitar – Daniel Pinilla
Piano – Greg Santa Croce
Bass – Jack Helsley
Drums – Eric Tapper

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Arranged by Kyle Gordon

Recording Engineer: Daniel Pardo

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Year After Year is a song I wrote during Winter 2015 about a fictitious character. The story is about having a person who you lost and the lack of their presence left a large hole in your life. Eventually though, you try to meet new people, but find that they're less than ideal and their importance to you is quickly fleeting.

The structure of the song is AABA and each section represents a particular season of the year. Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter. Each season starts with the hope of finding a way to be happy and content but, ultimately ends in loneliness. 

Lyrics:
Year after year my thoughts stray towards you
Except in springtime when life is grand
And hope seems true enough to try again

Embers from the sky fall at our feet
And you hold me in a warm embrace
Yet you’re but summer to my heart fading again

How this warmth will never cease,
Hearts ablaze amidst the leaves,
How soon passion can flee from young lovers,
Cries that still hang and hover.

Now that my heart is weary, I think back
To the days that we had shared
But a fond memory I long for again.

Personnel:
Vocals: Zach Yaholkovsky
Piano: Nicholas Olynciw
Bass: Kyle Gordon
Drums: Eric Tapper
Mixing: Daniel Pardo

Year After Year

A Blues that I wrote in 2016 performed and recorded by the 2 O' Clock Lab Band. This recording is from their 2016 album.

Solos by:

Paul Lees - Piano
Cole Dapprich - Bari Sax
Kyle Bellaire - Alto Sax
Henry Beal - Bass

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Vocals: Amanda Ekery
Arranged, Orchestrated, and Conducted: Kyle Gordon
Mixed and Mastered: Daniel Pardo

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