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Fly By Night

by Spanish Fly

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about

this is a digital reissue of the original album released in 1996

On Nomenclature
Some time ago, we were talking with a band leader (not associated with this CD) about reaching a wider audience. One of us remarked, I believe
facetiously, "Why not call it the 'Multi-Orgasmic Orchestra?" Needless to say, he didn't do that and also to tell the whole truth-didn't reach a large
audience either.
Spanish fly (Cantharides Vesicatoria) is an old fashioned aphrodisiac made of dried beetles. Spanish Fly is a modern music trio composed of a trumpeter/slide trumpeter (Steven Bernstein), a slide guitarist (Tronzo),
and a tubaist (Marcus Rojas). It can not, with any certainty, claim to augment sexuality. Nonetheless, it is a most excellent professional group that offers music which has great beauty, great wit, charm, and a whole
bunch of originality and creativity.

S. AND I. STONE
Stephanie and Irving Stone have attended
more than 10,000 jazz and improvised music events
in New York City since the early 1940's.

Sleevenote 2
Working with Spanish Fly was an extraordinary experience for me as I most often work with classical music in my choreography. Their music, however, has the perfect pulse for a ballet. It's charged with an "in
Your face" attitude mixed with a sense of yearning. I began to see Images of characters right away. “Night Creatures” we called them.
Young people sliding up Avenue A, full of quirks and obsessions.We gave them names: the Snake Lady. the Sisters, the Lovers. These Characters became our guides. They lead us to Our themes and choices of style.
Lighting designer Mark Stanley created a set of massive Venetian Blinds which opened to reveal the dancers. This gave the work a
sense of spying, of voyeurism.

credits

released April 1, 2021

Steven Bernstein . trumpet, slide trumpet, cornet, crooning
Marcus Rojas : tuba, tubapercussion, tubasinging
Tronzo : slide guitar, cup guitar, prepared guitar
with Ben Perowsky : drums, percussion

FLY BY NIGHT" COMMISSIONED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION.
CHOREOGRAPHED BY CHRISTOPHER D'AMBOISE.

PREMIERED FEBRUARY 28,1996 AT CENTER FOR THE ARTS AT YERBA BUENA GARDENS.
BACKGROUND VOCALS ON TONGUE SANDWICH:
SPANISH FLY, HAL WILLNER, VICKI STANBURRY, LAURIE GALLUCCIO, AMANDA REISMAN.

RECORDED AUGUST 1995 AT WORLD STUDIOS, NYC BY ANNE POPE, MIXED AT GROUND ZERO,NYC

EXCEPT"INSERT TONGUE HERE": RECORDED AUGUST 1994.
RECORDED AND MIXED BY ANNE POPE AT LOOKING GLASS STUDIOS, NYC
ASSISTED BY AMANDA REISMAN
MASTERED BY GENE PAUL AT DB PLUS, NYC
ALL MUSIC AND WORDS BY STEVEN BERNSTEIN EXCEPT "JOSHUA PRAYER" BY MARCUS ROJAS
PUBLISHED BY SPANISH FLY MUSIC (ASCAP). ALL MUSIC ARRANGED BY SPANISH FLY.
P and C 1996 SPANISH FLY
DESIGN BY KURT HOFFMAN, NINA HELLMAN, AND SPANISH FLY
SKETCHES FROM CHRISTOPHER D'AMBOISE'S "FLY BY NIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY NOTEBOOK


SPANISH FLY PHOTO BY MICHAEL MACIOCE
JOSHUA STEVEN ROJAS BY MARCUS ROJAS
INSERT TONGUE HERE" ORIGINALLY RECORDED FOR HELLO CD OF THE MONTH CLUB.
THANKS TO: CHRISTOPHER D'AMBOISE, THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS, ANNE POPE, HAL WILNER, GUEST BEN PEROWSKY, KURT HOFFMAN, GENE PAUL, AND NINA HELLMAN

BERNSTEIN'S TRUMPET AND SLIDE TRUMPET MADE BY DICK AKRIGHT,

David Tronzo PLAYS A SEARS & ROEBUCK "SILVERTONE" GUITAR.

Record Company – Accurate Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Spanish Fly (4)
Copyright © – Spanish Fly (4)
Published By – Spanish Fly Music
Credits
Arranged By – Spanish Fly (4)
Drums, Percussion – Ben Perowsky
Mastered By – Gene Paul
Recorded By, Mixed By – Anne Pope
Slide Guitar, Guitar [Cup Guitar], Guitar [Prepared Guitar] – Tronzo*
Trumpet, Trumpet [Slide Trumpet], Cornet, Vocals [Crooning], Music By, Words By – Steven Bernstein
Tuba, Percussion [Tubapercussion], Vocals [Tubasinging] – Marcus Rojas
Notes
"Fly By Night" commissioned by the San Francisco Ballet Association. Choreographed by Christopher D'Amboise.
Premiered February 28, 1996 at Center For The Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens.

Recorded August 1995 at World Studios NYC, mixed at Ground Zero, NYC, except "Insert Tongue Here" August 1994 at Looking Glass Studios, NYC.

Mastered at DB Plus, NYC.

"Insert Tongue Here" originally recorded for Hello CD of the month club.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode (Printed): 7 43431-5024-2 1
Barcode (Scanned): 743431502421

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Steven Bernstein New York, New York

An impactful presence on the New York scene over the past 30 years, trumpeter, composer, arranger and bandleader Steven Bernstein has immersed himself in such a wide array of music with his bands Sexmob, Millennial Territory Orchestra, Diaspora Soul, Universal Melody Brass Band, Spanish Fly, Blue Campfire and the Butler-Bernstein Hot 9 that he defies easy categorization. ... more

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