Black Music Ensemble. Spring 2014. Following the news that Richard Davis had received the NEA Jazz Master award, his UW performance class drew 3 times the usual numbers. Music majors and non-music majors collaborate to perform their favorite songs by black composers.
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"See Line Woman" with "I Want You Back"
>> It's three times as big as it usually is, 35 students. It's usually at 15. See-line Let me see ya Pick it back up, yeah See-line Let me see ya Pick it back up, yeah See-line Let me see ya Pick it back up, yeah See-line Let me see ya Pick it back up, yeah See-line Let me see ya Pick it back up See-line Empty his pockets And wreak his days Make him love her And she'll fly away >> One suggestion, when she comes up, you come over by them, but watch the cue on the voices as they go down and up. See-line Let me see you Bring it to the floor now See-line Let me see you Bring it to the floor now See-line Let me see you Bring it to the floor See-line Let me see ya Bring it to the floor See-line Let me see ya Pick it back up See-line Let me see ya Pick it back up See-line Let me see ya Pick it back up See-line Let me see ya Pick it back up See-line Empty his pockets And wreak his days Make him love her And she'll fly away See-line woman See-line See-line woman See-line See-line woman See-line >> Beautiful, beautiful. Wow. I just love all y'all.
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I just gives you a chance to imagine what you can do with that many people. One of my students reminds to -- to her. Her name is Annie Wright. I said, how do you feel with this amount of people? She said, change is good. That's the best answer Oh, baby Give me one more chance Won't you please Let me Back in your heart Oh, darling I was blind to let you go Now that I See you In his arms I want you back
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