Bass solo from “Banner” by Jessie Montgomery
Channel: Owen Lee
Date: 21/06/2022

Jessie Montgomery wrote one of the greatest principal bass solos of all time in her composition titled “Banner”. The solo is an ingenious variation on The Black National Anthem “Lift Every Voice and Sing”. I had the honor of performing this in a live-stream of the Cincinnati Symphony conducted by Louis Langrée last year during lockdown and looking forward to performing it again next week with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rossen Milanov. Happy Juneteenth!