Artist : Brooklyn Rider
Album : The Brooklyn Rider Almanac
Year : 2014
Genre : Classical
Quality : 229kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source : CD
Playtime : 1h 18m
Size : 135.6mb
Label : Mercury Classics
Catalognr : B0021593-02
Tracklist:
01. Necessary Henry 5:01
02. Maintenance Music 7:03
03. Simpson's Gap 4:46
04. The Haring Escape 6:00
05. Show Me 4:56
06. Dig The Say 7:55
07. Quartet, Parts One & Two 5:14
08. Morris Dance 7:40
09. Exit 4:45
10. Five-Legged Cat 8:48
11. Tralala 7:18
12. Ping Pong Fumble Thaw 6:08
13. John Steinbeck 2:54
Releasenotes:
The Brooklyn Rider Almanac is a conceptual album made up of original
compositions. For this project the quartet selected a group of composers to
create short works inspired by a creative muse from their relatively recent
memory.
The composers, musicians and singer-songwriters came mostly from the other side
of the classical fence; the worlds of jazz, rock, and folk, with many originated
from the Brooklyn based arts scene. Collaborators include Padma Newsome who is
an orchestrator/arranger/violinist/ keyboardist with American rock band, The
National and grammy-nominated composer-pianist, Vijay Iyer was described by
Pitchfork as one of the most interesting and vital young pianists in jazz today.
Ethan Iverson is best known as the pianist with the innovative piano trio the
Bad Plus and Bill Frisell is an American guitarist, composer and arranger and
one of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s.
To complement the new album, the group has also initiated collaborations with
artists from a wide spectrum of genres to create an ambitious body of directly
related work. This will include videos, animation, choreography, photo essays,
articles, interviews and remixes that will be released periodically throughout
the 2014-15 season via YouTube, social media and the groups website. Featured
artists include animation artist Becky James; choreographers Brian Brooks, John
Heginbotham, and Damian Woetzel; dancer Lil Buck; fashion designer Bradon
McDonald; photographers Erin Baiano and Ingrid Hertfelder; visual artist Kevork
Mourad; and English professor Heidi Kim.
http://brooklynrider.com/