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Tracklist:
Hero ft. Olivia Chindamo
A Canvas of Cages ft. Ben Wendel & Georgia Heers
The Good Ole Days ft. Georgia Heers & Emmanuel Michael
Elogy ft. Budapest Scoring Orchestra
Lost in Time ft. Zacchaeu’s Paul, Stratos & Anthony Hervey
The Weight of Silence ft. Imani Rouselle
Bloom ft. Michael Mayo & Jahari Stampley
Dreaming ft. Olivia Chindamo
Rise ft. Olivia Chindamo
Recorded in one day at Bunker Studios on January 8th, 2024.
Alex Conroy: Engineer
Vocals: Michael Mayo, Georgia Heers, Olivia Chindamo, Imani Rouselle, Zacchaeu’s Paul
Christian X. M. McGhee: Drums & Composer
Sam Towse: Copyist/Orchestrator
Imani Rouselle: Lyricist
Strings: Shaleah Feinstein - Principal Violinist/Contractor, Elaine He, Marcus Stevenson, Justus Ross, Rob Bounaspina, Theo Haber, Allie Simpson, Clara Cho, Ben Roberts, Hannah Cohen.
Band:
Ben Wendel: Tenor Sax
Anthony Hervey: Trumpet
Brad Kang: Guitar
Emmanuel Michael: Guitar
Santosh Sharma: Tenor Sax
Esteban Castro: Piano
A Winged Resilience
Live at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club
Original Music by: Christian X. M. McGhee
Conductor/Additional Orchestration: Sam Towse
Original Lyrics by: Imani Rouselle
Vocals:
Georgia Heers
Imani Rouselle
Olivia Chindamo
Tyreek McDole
Band:
Christian X. M. McGhee - Composer & Drummer
Santosh Sharma - Tenor Sax
Anthony Hervey - Trumpet
Esteban Castro - Piano
Rafael Enciso - Bass
Brad Kang - Guitar
Violin 1:
Shaleah Feinstein
Sam Parrini
Ellen Piazza
Violin 2:
Justus Ross
Alexandria Hill
Theo Haber
Viola:
Jess Herman
Rob Buonaspina
Cello:
Clara Cho
Ben Roberts
Setlist:
A Canvas of Cages ft. Georgia Heers & Santosh Sharma
The Good Ole Days ft. Georgia Heers & Brad Kang
The Weight of Silence - Imani Rouselle
Bloom ft. Olivia Chindamo, Brad Kang & Esteban Castro
Lost in Time Suite:
3088
Mirrors
Lost in Time ft. Tyreek McDole & Anthony Hervey
The Finisher
Program Notes:
Award-winning multi-instrumentalist and film composer Christian X. M. McGhee leads his 10-piece string orchestra and band The Xtet at Dizzy’s Club, premiering his debut album and BMI commission A Winged Resilience. Signaling McGhee’s creative poise and burgeoning mastery, the album combines his love for film scoring with his passion for spontaneity and improvised music, and bonds stylistic elements from classic film compositions, groove music, standard tunes, lyrical melodies, free improvising, and unbound imagination. A Winged Resilience is commissioned by the BMI Foundation on behalf of the Ahrold Family in recognition of the Future Jazz Master Award, and supported by YoungArts.
Press Release: https://bmifoundation.org/news/story/christian_x._m._mcghee_awarded_2023_bmi_future_jazz_masters_award
About Christian:
Christian X. M. McGhee, 25, is a film composer, multi-instrumentalist, hailing from St. Louis, Missouri, now residing in New York City. Christian has received a full tuition scholarship to the prestigious Manhattan School of Music, where he received his Bachelor's degree and Masters degrees. Christian is the winner of BMI’s 2023 Future Jazz Master Award!
Christian has scored a number of film and television projects, currently the feature film documentary "24:1" for PBS (2023) and the short film "A New York Minute" for Adobe (2023), the award winning animated short “The King and The Pawn” and the drama short film “Upstate” starring Alice Kremelberg. Christian is also a member of the Composers Diversity Collective, led by Michael Abels. Christian recently scored Delta’s Ad entitled “Home” featuring Viola Davis for the voice over. This was created in collaboration between the CDDP program and Wieden Kennedy.
Christian has studied film scoring with Richard Sussman, Mike Verta and Mattia Chiappa, Conducting with Damien Sneed and Orchestration/Composition with Jim McNeely and Darcy James Argue. Christian completed a month long intensive workshop at NYU studying with Mac Quayle (Mr. Robot, Ratched), Sean Callery (24, Bones, Jessica Jones, Bull) Blake Neely (The Flash, Arrow, You, Riverdale, Blindspot), Nathan Barr (The Great, Carnival Row, Sneaky Pete), Michael Levine (Cold Case, Siren), Mark Snow (X Files, Smallville, Blue Bloods, The New Mutants). Through NYU and other programs Christian has attended Masterclasses with Terence Blanchard, Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, most Disney films), Lolita Ritmanis, Tom Hiel, Rob Simonsen, and Philip Rothman.
Christian's music has been described as emotive, evocative, and cinematic, capturing the essence of the visual story and adding depth and emotion to the images on screen. With his ability to seamlessly blend a wide range of musical styles and genres, Christian's music has the unique ability to transport listeners to different worlds and evokes a wide range of emotions. His compositions have been praised for their ability to bring characters and storylines to life, creating a rich and immersive audio experience for audiences. They have also been described as an integral part of the storytelling process, adding depth, emotion, and atmosphere to any project. His talent, dedication to his craft, and attention to detail have made him a respected and in-demand composer.